Klarinet Archive - Posting 000778.txt from 2003/04

From: "Amanda Cassidy" <ahsclarinet_elizabeth@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Something (Actually) About Clarinet
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:41:54 -0400

Is anyone familiar with wooden clarinets having plastic 'ring-like' things
between the normal rings your fingers go on and the tone holes? My Selmer
Omega apparently has them, and they've popped off more than once. When they
do so, my clarinet doesn't play, it squeaks, in every register. The last
time my band director popped one of them back in place (specifically the
third ring, bottom joint), it was popped in crookedly, you can see a gap
that wasn't previously there. My clarinet squeaks a lot now, like it does
when the plastic rings are out, but it is playable if I am extremely
cautious in changing registers. Any advice or information would be helpful.
Everyone I've asked doesn't have any knowledge of the plastic rings (why
they're there).
-Amanda

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