Klarinet Archive - Posting 000775.txt from 1997/07

From: licoricestick2@-----.com (A M)
Subj: all this talk about cracking reminded me...
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 17:55:15 -0400

I went to a camp a few weeks ago where was forced to play outside for
every practice and performance. (And the music directors did not even
think to tell us that in the final instruction letter, so I brought my
Buffet.) It was very humid. And I was very angry because I brought my
wood instrument instead of my plastic. All that aside, by the end of the
week I noticed some little "cracks" in my clarinet (upper joint) but they
aren't really cracks. Hard to describe. They're little places where the
wood grain has separated. If they ARE cracks, they are itty-bitty things
that don't affect anything. Will they go away as my clarinet "dries up",
or will they be there forever? Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
Is it something to be worrying about?

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