Klarinet Archive - Posting 000862.txt from 1997/04

From: jeff.chan@-----.com
Subj: re: Wear out corrks?
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:11:44 -0400

Rafe,

I would go about this cautiously. I did what you are doing for a
short time, but quit because I noticed that come of the joints were
getting loose, especially the bell joint, which on my clarinet is
tapered. Leaving the clarinet assembled for long periods compresses
the joint corks.

Jeff Chan
Jeff.Chan@-----.com

On 4/26, Rafe Tennenbaum writes:

Am I shortening the life of my tenon corks by keeping my instrument
assembled? For the last six months or so, after playing I've taken to
swabbing, drying the joints, and air-drying the pieces for something
like an hour, then putting the horn back together and planting it on
the K&M stand so it's "ready" the next day. My tenon corks needed
replacing even before I started doing this -- but is there any reason
I shouldn't be?