Klarinet Archive - Posting 000329.txt from 2001/07

From: Shouryunus Sarcasticii <jnohe@-----.Edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Overnight changes
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 02:22:34 -0400

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Richard Bush wrote:

> Why should your repairman get annoyed? You're taking him work!

Good point, and well made...but he's THE professional bass player in the
area (has his own 1193-2), and he's fairly accomplished in the repair
field as well. He does all the tricks with undercutting and register
tubes and whatnot. I think he gets frustrated that this particular bass
keeps winding up on his shelf, mainly because the mechanics are so so
complicated that they just get messed up so easily. He'd just be happier
if the University would buy a new bass without all the weird rods and
connections. So would I. *grin*

> Also, just in case everyone didn't pick up your tag line, you're in New
> Mexico.

Meaning that there's nothing to do here at all! Except practice. (Gee,
maybe I should be practicing right now.)

> Any clarinet, particularly long bass clarinets and those built to close
> tolerances, have problems in very dry and hot climates.

Funny - my Greenline has never had any problems. *smirk*

Actually though, I am fairly well aware of that - I'm just complaining. I
shouldn't because as I said, I own a GL, and my roommate has an old R13
that cracked (but the recent rise in humidity fixed it) as a result of the
continual changes...I don't know if he humidified it or not. My next door
neighbor has a Opus that occasionally suffers from loose tenon rings, or
loosening keys.

I read in an article somewhere that a quick fix for this is to place the
instrument (disassembled) in a black trash bag with wet (but not dripping)
sponge, tape the bag up, and leave it on a window sill for an afternoon.
This is supposed to take care of loosening rings and whatnot...personally,
with the wonderful New Mexico sun being...well...itself, I would be a
little wary of leaving it there for more than two hours.

Anyone else use a similar procedure, or heard of such a technique?

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SarCaSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"I think we have a ghost in our house." - Kaycee Nicole

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