Klarinet Archive - Posting 000722.txt from 2001/04

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cracking clarinets
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:02:23 -0400

I have a good friend who has been on the road for a while with a well known
Broadway show. Because of the VERY cold air conditioning and the fact that
he is playing Eb, Bb and bass so he is forced to pick up cold horns, he has
had a number of problems with cracking.

Ed

> From: "CLARK FOBES " <reedman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:41:42 -0700
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Cracking clarinets
>
> Whether you believe it or not and you think this part of "urban legend"
> there is a preponderance of evidence garnered by many, many artisans for as
> many years as clarinets have been made that clarinets will and do crack
> under the circumstances I described. I have witnessed clarinets and oboes
> crack at the absolute beginning of rehearsals either outdoors or in cold
> halls. I see many clarinets each winter that need to be pinned and most
> players start with "the hall was really cold.."

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