Klarinet Archive - Posting 000849.txt from 2003/03

From: Jesse Rogers <jar2321@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stuck bell, again!
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:29:22 -0500

Holloways wrote:

>
> I'm thinking of heating the ring carefully with a soldering iron in the hope
> that the bell will expand enough to release some tightness. I emphasise
> 'carefully'! If I leave the bell as it is playing the clarinet after so many
> years could cause it to crack as the bottom joint will heat up before the
> bell..

Ian, that ring may be the only thing keeping the bell from splitting, if
the tennon has swollen enought for the bell to stick, then the bell
which is very thin where it receives the tenon is under a lot of
pressure. I don't recommend loosening the ring.
Jesse Rogers
Cols. OH

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