Klarinet Archive - Posting 000172.txt from 2002/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Loose rings
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:38:39 -0500

At 11:47 PM 1/7/2002 +0100, David Glenn wrote:
>Alan Woodcock wrote:
>
> > Some of the rings on my A clarinet have become loose (I mean the
> > strengthening rings around the sockets and at the end of the bell, not the
> > finger rings). Maybe it's the cold weather, maybe it's that I haven't
> > played it for a while.
> >
> > Has anybody else had this problem and do you have any recommendations ?
> >
> > -- Alan Woodcock
> >
>
>++++++++++++++++++++
>Alan,
>have them fixed or you risk getting a crack. I do it with a bit of very thin
>cloth. It's probably not the cold weather so much as the heating in the house
>which is drying out the wood of your clarinet. The ring at the bottom of the
>bell doesn't matter. It can turn as much as you want without coming off.

Correct. The repair book I have recommends cheesecloth. Paper is also
effective to shim the rings tight. DO NOT USE GLUE!!!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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