Klarinet Archive - Posting 000167.txt from 2003/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Tuning Rings
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 22:03:00 -0400

At 06:43 PM 8/7/2003 -0700, Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>...I have good results with a black nylon ring that I sanded to a close
>fit. The ring may not be reamed and polished with absolute precision,
>but if you want to get technical about it, I wonder if a smooth plastic
>ring is less of a 'perturbance' than the surface of a cork ring? The
>ring fits tightly enough to stay in place despite gravity, but it is
>removable (and insertable) with my fingers, and it would be inexpensive
>to replace if I lost it. When the ring is either tight or loose
>(because the wood has shrunk or swollen), a dab of cork grease
>lubricates it or pastes it in place (remove the extra grease
>afterwards). Being a smooth plastic surface, droplets of moisture
>don't have a tendency to hang on it.
>
>Anyway, in the final analysis, my playing isn't precise enough for such
>details to make a difference. A plastic ring that hangs in there by
>friction or paste is good enough for me. Mozart will never know.

Sounds like the perfect solution to me. Entirely in accordance with
Hippocrates ("First, do no harm.") Not only will Mozart never know, he
would likely applaud you ingenuity if he did.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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