First of all I want to thank you for helping me like this =) I really appreciate it. I`m in school right now so I can`t get all of the info but I`ll post agian as soon as I get home.
Well my clarinet isn`t granular but it`s sure loosing it`s black color. It`s actally reddish brown on many places if you look closely, especially in the bore.
I use Vandoren 2 1/2 reeds with a 5RV(lyre) mouth piece. The ligature is the one that came along with the instrument. It looks a lot like this:
http://www.bandinstrumentservice.com/Images/Accessories/Yamaha%20YAC%201601.jpg
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"Check around the tenons of the instrument and sample to see if the bore oil soaks fast."
I don`t understand this sentence. What`s a "tenon" and what do you mean by sample?