Klarinet Archive - Posting 000201.txt from 2002/01

From: "Alan Woodcock" <alan.woodcock@-----.fr>
Subj: Re: [kl] Loose rings
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:42:01 -0500

Thank you all for the help with this problem - and the Awful Warnings about
cracking - I hope I'll be able to sleep tonight...

The "orange peel in the case" solution intrigues me. I have seen it
recommended before on the list but I thought it was a sort of urban myth.
What particular characteristics does orange peel have which make it such a
good humidifier ? How much should one put ? How often should one change
it ? Does it make the clarinet smell ? I suppose controlled experiments
will teach me. (Put too little - the instrument will crack. Put too much -
it will swell up and I won't be able to assemble it. One will soon learn).

I shall start tonight but it will have to be tangerine peel.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Woodcock" <alan.woodcock@-----.fr>
Subject: [kl] Loose rings

> 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
>
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