Klarinet Archive - Posting 000850.txt from 2003/03

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stuck bell, again!
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:29:23 -0500

From lifelong experience I have discovered that there are a lot of
meddlers, zealots and evangelists in the world. Meddlers fix things that
aren't broken. Zealots say "Do it my way. My way is best," and
evangelists say "I speak the truth. Just believe me (peasants) and all
will be revealed." In my opinion, they're all a bloomin' nuisance. I've
had live with the knowledge that I fit into the first category. It seems
like at every turn I get involved permanently "fixing" something which
isn't broken. That's why I sucked in my breath when Holloways suggested
that he might start heating up that ring.
8-)
Have a nice weekend, everyone.

Oliver

At 06:15 PM 3/21/03 -0500, you wrote:

>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..

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