Klarinet Archive - Posting 000097.txt from 2002/03

From: "helen.coney" <helen.coney@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] barrel removal
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:40:57 -0500

Have you tried heating up the joints by putting it on a radiator but not for
long. I fequentely have the problem and sometimes a little Bending can do
the trick.

Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] barrel removal

> At 11:09 PM 3/6/2002 -0600, Winston Calvert wrote:
> >If anyone has ideas for separating the barrel from the upper joint,
please
> >let me know. The "twisting really hard" thing isn't cutting it.
>
> You can try carefully driving a knife edge between them. That will often
> get it started enough to allow the pieces to be twisted apart
> normally. Whether you get them apart yourself or not, you should have a
> technician refit the tenon and socket so it will not happen again. You
> most likely have a wood-to-wood contact problem, not just tight cork.
>
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> 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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