Klarinet Archive - Posting 000911.txt from 2003/04

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] frozen barrel non-saga
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:44:07 -0400

If it is that hard to get together, you might seriously want to consider
taking it to a repair tech. The corks may have swollen, the wood may have
swollen but I would consider the instrument to be in need of some type of
maintenance.

Dee Flint

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] frozen barrel non-saga

> Patricia, Thanks for the warning about not leaving the clarinet sit on
it's
> stand. I had considered trying this with my daughter. She is a sixth
> grader (12) and not the strongest sixth grade girl I've ever seen. She
has
> a difficult time putting the parts of her clarinet together, even using
> liberal amounts of cork grease. I guess I'll just continue putting it
> together for her for each practice session.
>
> Christy Erickson
>
>
> Well, you still get my sympathy, Ken. I let my Bb clarinet stay out on
> its stand way too long - and although it didn't suffer a stuck barrel,
> my keys have tarnished something terrible AND I tend to believe the pads
> have deteriorated much more quickly than they would have had I been a
> lot less lazy and put the horn away after every practice session the way
> I should have! (I think I mistakenly thought that I would practice more
> if my horn was sitting out, staring me in the face. :- )
>
> Patricia Smith
>
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