Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 1998/08

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet dislikes hot summer?
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:45:55 -0400

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From: Cox, Graeme <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 7:40 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Clarinet dislikes hot summer?

>... I guess that in the sort of weather we had for so
>long, the metal expanded and the wood shrunk.

Heat causes both the wood and the metal to expand. However the metal rings
have a much higher coefficient of thermal expansion and so could still
become loose. Although the wood could shrink from drying out in the low
humidity, if it was well seasoned this should not happen.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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