Klarinet Archive - Posting 000129.txt from 1996/08

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.COM>
Subj: Chip in tenon
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 14:49:22 -0400

Before my son Steve leaves for Interlochen, I want to get his current
clarinet in good shape. Besides putting new cork on one of the tenons
(the humidity at the Blue Lake camp caused the barrel to get real
tight on one of the tenons, and there's a little gouge on the cork now),
I was wondering if repairing a chip on one of the tenons was worthwhile
or whether we should just leave it alone. The chip happened 2 1/2 years back,
is about 1/4 " wide at the outer face, and just touches the shoulder where
the cork is seated. There's been no cracking there, through dry Michigan
winters and Semi-tropical Japanese summers (interesting that there wasn't
any problems with the clarinet while it was in Japan this summer).

We had the clarinet in for pad replacement and insurance appraisal (what
a joke) a few weeks back and the repairman didn't make mention of the crack,
just that Steve might appreciate an adjustment of the keys to his fingers,
which we'll do.

He did mention to me that his clarinet (a Selmer 10G) is much heavier than
a Buffet R-13 he tried at Blue Lake. I had no idea modern clarinets differed
greatly in weight. How large are the differences?

Thanks for any info,
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