Klarinet Archive - Posting 001014.txt from 1997/09

From: Gary Young <gyoung@-----.com>
Subj: RE: Safest grips during assembly?
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 10:06:31 -0400

Michael,

This is a good question. My answer is that it should not require "some
force" to put the joints together. Be sure the cork on the joint of the
two sections is well greased. (And of course be sure the connecting lever
on the upper joint, but not the lower, is raised.) If the sections still
require forcing when the cork is greased, the cork is too thick, or the
sections are ill-matched.

Gary Young
Madison, Wisconsin

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From: Michael Connolly[SMTP:michael@-----.COM]
Subject: Safest grips during assembly?

While we're on this thread of instrument abuse -

I am a fairly level-headed teen who is somewhat wary about assembling his
clarinet. What I'd like to know is the safest way to hold the upper and
lower
sections when attatching them to the barrel and bell and each other. It
requires some force to put the two joints together, and I don't want to put
any
strain on the keywork.

So...opinions, or am I missing something very obvious here?

Thanks.

Michael Connolly
michael@-----.com