Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 2003/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning Rings
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:27:38 -0400

At 08:49 AM 8/8/2003 -0400, Patricia Smith wrote:
I'm wondering... you can tell here that I've never used tuning rings - I've
always gotten by with either procuring a longer barrel or simply pulling
out until something fell off! ;-)
>Anyhow, how about washers - you know, the sort from the plumbing supply
>stores? I don't know if they carry them in the right dimensions anymore,
>but I've seen them inside - believe it or not - my mice's drinking water
>bottles! I am thinking of simply trying these just to see if they
>fit. Can't hurt as long as they come out of the barrel - and I definitely
>am NOT going to glue them in!

"Gotten by with" a longer barrel? Actually, that is the expensive
way! But yes, I do have a modified hose washer in one of my clarinets as a
more or less permanent tuning ring, held in by friction. As long as the
hole diameter is close to but NOT SMALLER THAN the bore of the instrument
it will work fine, or certainly be an improvement over leaving a "lacuna"
in there. I have the metal set of tuning rings that came with my DEG
Accubore barrel, too. They are better for fine adjustments, since they are
much thinner (I believe, .5mm, 1.0mm, and 1.5mm), but also tend to be loose
and fall out when you take the clarinet apart.

If you want to glue tuning rings in but not too tightly, try a little dab
of standard rubber cement. It is simply a relatively weak contact cement,
and will cause no damage.

Bill Hausmann

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

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