Klarinet Archive - Posting 000279.txt from 2002/12

From: Wayne P Hill <thanos563@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] WOO HOO!
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:32:25 -0500

ANother thing to remember is that, from my own experiences is that you
should assume that a new clarinet, or really any clarinet that is new to
you, has a relatively un-oiled bore. If nothing else, for the first week
or so you should regularly oil the bore and keep the playing to the
minimum just to make sure the wood is properly treated for any kind of
long-term playing. When I bought my Evette 4 years ago (a wonderful
instrument..to the point that none of my teacers ever recommended I
upgrade) I was forced to begin playing with it on my usual schedule right
away and, much to my dismay, I rather quickly developed a crack the
length of the barrel that ran straight through. You can only imagine how
distressing it can be to be playing your new instrment and then suddenly
discovering a stream of "water" flowing from your barrel. Fortunately
for me I have a very good and very creative repair guy who manged to save
the irreplaceable barrel. Fortunately for you, your R13 is less than 80
years old and has a standard bore size (I have to have the bases of my
mouthpieces ground down to fi the smaller bore of my barrel). You alos
won't have to worry about playing an instrument tuned to A442 istead of
A440. But anyway, all that aside, you really might want to make sure to
keep the playing down and the wood maintenance up for at least a week so
the wood has a chance to be truly broken in.
HAPPY PLAYING!

Wayne

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