Klarinet Archive - Posting 000137.txt from 2001/05

From: "Musicstudents.com" <jonathan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cracking Clarinets
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 22:53:57 -0400

I once had an older wood student clarinet I inadvertently left on a
windowsill for a few hours in direct sunlight (it wasn't sunny when I left
it there, but then came afternoon). The sun caused a crack in the wood,
luckily only in the barrel. It could have been a flawed barrel, but I
certainly deserved to have it crack. It gets pretty hot around a closed
window in summertime.

I've also seen a small crack on the outside of my R13 where the register
tube is installed. This clarinet is about 5 years old. Is that metal tube
hammered in there under tension? If so, that might explain why that's opened
up. It doesn't seem to have opened up on the inside, and it doesn't seem to
leak.

Jonathan

----- Original Message -----
From: Dee D. Hays <deehays@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Cracking Clarinets

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Randell" <bardell@-----.ca>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Cracking Clarinets
>
>
> > Roger:
> >
> > So what related "defects in workmanship or wood issues" caused my
> > Selmer 10S to crack after 20 years ? Purchased in 1980, over the years
> it
> > travelled to places between South Africa,(hot humid) and Whitehorse in
the
> > NWT (in the winter), which covers temperatures from 100+ to 40 below.
> > Cracked between the top two tone holes. Don't know how long it had been
> > there - probably a max of six month's. Didn't affect the blowing or
> > response. Steve Fox saw it when he was strengthening a spring
> >
> > Regard's
> > Peter Randell
> > Toronto
> >
>
> Since nothing happened for apparently 20 years, it is possible that this
may
> actually be an altogether different type of situation. This makes it less
> likely that it would be workmanship or wood issues. One possibility could
> be a flaw created at a later time, such as a small, unnoticeable nick. To
> verify something like that would take dissecting the instrument and I'm
sure
> you don't want to do that. Or it could be something that none of us has
> thought of.
>
>
> Dee Hays
> Michigan
>
>
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