Klarinet Archive - Posting 000484.txt from 2003/08

From: "david lowther" <dlowther@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Replies to Questions, questions
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:18:02 -0400

Hi Martha,

One thought - when you start playing a wooden clarinet that's been sitting
for awhile, Don Geisbright, my go-to instrument repair guy says to play only
15 minutes a day for a week or so, then gradually increase this till you get
where you want. I didn't know this and started playing with a vengeance on
my clarinet which had been contentedly minding its own business for the
previous 33 years (I'm old!). Don noticed 4 cracks in the top piece next
time I took it in, which he managed to repair, and explained to me that when
you blow too long on a dry clarinet, the outside hasn't had time enough to
have had the moisture travel through the wood to accommodate the quick
expansion of the inside bore, so it cracks. Don explained it better than
me.

Mary

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