Klarinet Archive - Posting 000436.txt from 1996/02

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: bell on?
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 08:29:19 -0500

>Leaving the bell on will cause the cork to compress and become virtually
>non functional. I would suggest pulling the bell off so it does not
>compress the cork when you leave it in the case.
>
>
>Ron Saska

>On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Bill Parker wrote:
>
>> here's a small question for the pundits. I have built myself a case that
>> takes my Bb and my Eb. When finished playing, I disassemble the Eb into
>> mouthpiece, barrell and the "rest" sim. with the Bb, I leave the upper
>> joint sepearte, biut I do not take off the bell. Is this correct?

The popular Buffet "pochette" case (the skinny one) holds the clarinets
with the bells on- I've had a pair of clarinets in one of these cases for
ten years and the corks are fine.

Lorne Buick