Klarinet Archive - Posting 000607.txt from 2000/02

From: "John W. Sheridan" <otare@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: what happens without cork?
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 02:04:05 -0500

I don't believe the difficulty you're having playing now has to do with the
cork, but try the following.

Take the upper joint of your clarinet, finger the "C" with all fingers down,
placing your right palm tightly over the far end of the clarinet joint, and
the upper end in your mouth and blow. There should be no air comming out,
and you should feel pressure in your mouth from blowing. If you hear any air
leaks try to see where the leak is - assuming your fingers are down tight it
could be a leaking pad. Do the same procedure with the lower joint - finger
the low "E" with all fingers down and place your left palm over the far end,
blowing in the upper end. Again - there should be no leaks - it should feel
tight.
If you don't discover any leaking pads, check to see if perhaps a scrap of
paper might have worked it's way down into the inside of you clarinet -
sounds crazy but there might be a blockage somewhere from a scrap that's
causing your problem.
I would imagine that when you left the instrument in the car overnight the
temperature loosened a pad somewhere.
Hope you find the problem.

John

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