Klarinet Archive - Posting 000292.txt from 1995/07

From: FRS1000 <FRS1@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re[2]: Help req re. stuck barrel
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 09:42:21 -0400

>
>But, if your problem is that the tenons have expanded due to too *much*
>humidity, this would not be the solution - in fact, it could make the
>problem worse. If you have left the pilot light on your furnace on for the
>summer in order to help keep the humidity level in your basement lower,
>try opening the case and leaving the instrument next to the furnace
>overnight. I don't necessarily recommend this, but I have also heard of
>putting the instrument for several hours in an oven on a gas stove with a
>pilot light. CAUTION: DON'T TURN ON THE MAIN BURNERS IN THE OVEN! Yes,
>I'm "shouting" that warning! :-) A further caution: after subjecting
>an instrument to any treatment of this sort, don't change its environment
>drastically immediately after. If it has been warmed and dried out, to
>let it become too cool too soon, or to subject it to extreme humidity
>would be to invite disaster.
>
>OK, now let's stand back and await the cries of anguish from the
>instrument technicians on the list!
>
>Ed Lacy

This one's not uttering a cry of anguish...putting this instrument in
a warm dry place is exactly correct. If you have an electric oven
instead of gas warm it up to the temp of it's lowest setting, turn it
off, and then put the instrument inside until the oven cools to room
temperature again.

RONALD SASKA
JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
JACKSONVILLE, AL. 36265
FRS1@-----.BITNET