Klarinet Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 1969/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] barrel question
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500

Living on the coast, I discovered a simple trick.

If you have loose rings, take the clarinet in the shower with you---not the shower, but on the bathroom counter. After the shower leave it in the unventilated bathroom a couple of hours. After about 3 days of this many clarinets tighten right up.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Hartman <sdh902@-----.net>
>Sent: Dec 22, 2010 6:19 AM
>To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
>Subject: Re: [kl] barrel question
>
>I would agree with Martin except for the fact that a barrel with rings will
>have thinner walls at either end than a barrel without them. Before
>tightening the rings, however, I would suggest trying to humidify a slightly
>shrunken barrel. I've noticed that, on the instruments I play every day,
>the rings virtually never become loose.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Martin Marks" <martymarks@-----.com>
>To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 9:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [kl] barrel question
>
>
>I've been using the Backun Ringless barrels for several years. Never had one
>crack. Maybe the value of rings is over rated.
>
>
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