Oboe Care & Maintenance - How To Oil Your Oboe (or clarinet)

Caring for your oboe (or clarinet) properly helps protect the performance and investment in your instrument. Proper care & maintenance of your oboe and its wood is key to crack prevention. So take a moment and learn how we recommend caring for your wood instrument!
We will show you how to properly oil your oboe and talk about how often you should do it!
Some shops might tell you that oiling is not a necessity... we respectfully disagree! As a custom woodwind repair shop based in the desert of Las Vegas, we see a LOT of crack repairs... and we find a common truth about these cracks...
Every crack repair that comes in to our shop have a player who is not oiling their oboe's bore and is not keeping their case humidified. So whether you have been told that oiling the bore of your oboe is not a necessity, we have 30 years of evidence that speaks to the truth that it is!
If you need the supplies mentioned in this video, we do have a handy kit online as well that puts a year's worth of supplies in your hands: www.kesslerandsons.com/produc...
So take a few moments and learn the quick & easy steps to properly oil your oboe and help guard against cracking. While not all cracks are 100% preventable, many could be if you maintain your oboe the right way.
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