Hello each,
I finally got round to carrying out my long-overdue chanter oil change
(olive oil liquid paraffin) today and, in consequence of having to clean
it more thoroughly than usual, devised a novel (to me at least) means of
cleaning and re-oiling the bore which I hereby toss into the
Mainly to John,
I superglue the cotton bud to a bamboo skewer - it does the job nicely.
* Thanks for the vote of confidence in cotton buds per se
* I also see your method secures 3-way (push/twist/pull) operation
* My cleaning operation alone, however, consumed several bud tips
for which my
Thanks for the reminder Colin.
Whereas I was talking about adapting household items for simple bore
cleaning and oiling, you do have an excellent point about polishing. Cotton
buds are nowhere near tight enough for that specialist task. Horses for
courses and all that.
Cheers,
Steve
PS:
I agree that it doesn't generally much matter. Facing them all up/down only
serves to equalise the effect of gravity on them (quite unnecessary as
they're so light). With a stock open to the centre, I used to face mine
inward for much the same reasons as Barry Philip.
Then, somewhere along the
Just my 2 penn'orth (with apologies for any points remade) ...
More so than Dru, I even have difficulty sealing the holes of the regular
F#ish chanter I had made for club sessions. Thus, I'm effectively limited
to my fully chromatic 2 octave 'hedgehog' D chanter at present. However,
similarly
