Klarinet Archive - Posting 000564.txt from 2001/03

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Eb Clarinet Barrel
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:28:07 -0500

RobynB1070@-----.com wrote, in part, about a cracked Eb soprano clarinet
barrel:

>It appears to have been glued several times, but keeps
>opening up and I cannot have it pinned because I am told it is too small.
>Thus far, I have not had a use for it in my high school band, but I am
headed
>off to college next year and would like to make this instrument playable.
>. . . . . . Is there another solution, such as a used barrel or a better
>repair method?

I had the same problem with an ancient Eb soprano by Barbier and was also
told the barrel could not be pinned. My teacher suggested filling the crack
with beeswax. I did this by forcing the wax into the crack from both the
inside and outside of the barrel, followed by melting the wax into the crack
with a heated metal rod and cleaning away the excess wax.

I've also tried to find a replacement barrel, but would apparently have to
have one custom made, since the barrels I've tried never seem to match both
the mouthpiece and upper joint bore diameters. I have ended up using the
"repaired" barrel for 4 or 5 years now without problems. I always position
the barrel with the crack at the top to minimize the possibility of
condensation seeping into the crack.

This might work for you until you get a new barrel (or instead of getting a
new barrel).

Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

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