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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000046.txt from 2004/01

From: barbara trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: new wooden instruments/cold lockers
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:05:59 -0500

RIGHT !!!

bt

ContraReed@-----.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/10/04 1:06:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> el2@-----.edu writes:
>
> << The plastic used in oboes has a high coefficient of thermal expansion and
> contraction, and when it gets cold, the body of the instrument shrinks enough
> that posts are drawn closer together, rods bind, etc., etc. >>
>
> A couple of years ago at a local Solo and Ensemble Festival, I was getting my
> string students ready to go into the judges room when my junior high band
> director (from 30+ years ago) came over and asked me to look at one of his
> students' bassoon. Most of the keys would not move at all, and the body (Fox Model
> IV) was very cold to the touch. I asked how far a drive it was to the site
> from where she lived. About 10 minutes was the answer. I asked whether the
> bassoon had been in the trunk for the trip. "No, we put it there last night so it
> would be ready to go this morning." Since it was about 25 degrees (F) then,
> I told him she's have to find another bassoon to play on for her session that
> morning. The plastic had contracted so much that any rod longer than a
> couple of inches seemed to be binding.
>
> Moral: Don't leave any instrument in the car over night.
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