Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 2002/03

From: JMarioneau@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] barrel removal
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:44:41 -0500

Once I had a student's barrel stuck, so I swabbed the instrument and then held the stuck barrel and top joint in front of my car air conditioner so the air would blow through the instrument as I was driving home. When I got home (about twenty minutes later), the barrel came right off. I don't know if that was the best thing to do, but the method behind my madness was that the air conditioner not only cools, but it also dehumidifies. I was hoping that maybe dryer air than we have here in the Houston area would help shrink the wood enough to where the barrel would come off. I am not sure if my reasoning was sound or not or if it was the right thing to do, but it worked.
James Marioneaux

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