Klarinet Archive - Posting 000245.txt from 1998/08

From: Dodgshun family <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinet dislikes hot summer?
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:06:47 -0400

At 12:34 PM 6/08/98 +1200, you wrote:

>Last summer in Christchurch was unusually hot and dry, during which my
>1950 Selmer BT suffered - all the metal rings (including the big one on
>the bell) became loose and needed to be glued back in position. Mostly,
>I left my more expensive instruments unplayed in their cases and they
>survived unscathed. I guess that in the sort of weather we had for so
>long, the metal expanded and the wood shrunk.
>
My bass clarinet suffered unduly last summer too. It became extremely
"stuffy" in the high register, when I could get a sound out of it at all. I
was playing in a show at the time, and I left it at the theatre for the
duration of the show. This made a gigantic difference - constant
temperature and humidity meant it came right and was better than ever. My
R13 Bb went unplayed from December through to mid-January, and didn't seem
to suffer at all.

Anna

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