Klarinet Archive - Posting 000214.txt from 2001/01

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Epoxy for ring on tenon socket?
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:54:02 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Wright [mailto:Bilwright@-----.net]
>
> Actually, the manufacturer (Howarth) has been super-cooperative
> about answering maintenance questions on their web site -- about
> machining the barrel and other stuff like that. I think I'll ask them
> for advice again.
>
>
>
> The ring on my instrument is symmetrical and flat-sided on both
> edges and not tapered. It also looks too thick and hefty (2+ mm), and
> not a soft metal such as aluminum, to be 'clamped' onto an instrument
> with a force gentle enough not to mash the wood.
> I've only seen one ring up close. Are they all this thick and
> made of steel?
>

I didn't realize you had anything other than a "standard" Buffet, Selmer,
LeBlanc, etc. Your ring sounds like it's heavier than the ones on stock
French/American clarinets, but I don't think in any case that they're
"clamped" on - they're pushed onto the end of the socket, or at least that's
what I've always thought. The ones I've seen seem like the same metal as the
keys ("nickel silver", "German" silver, etc.) - certainly not aluminum.

> This ring has little dimples (about 20 of them) on its inside
> surface that apparently were intended to grip the wood, but they're
> squashed too flat now to accomplish their purpose.
>
I've never seen one with dimples (I'll pass up the opening for an election
wise-crack) - in fact, if the rings are initially mounted the way I thought
they were, the dimples would complicate the process of actually sliding them
over the end of the socket. I've never seen a Howarth clarinet, though.
There are probably a number of construction differences between it and the
instruments I'm used to. You're probably right - the best advice you'd get
about this is from Howarth.

Karl Krelove

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