Klarinet Archive - Posting 000477.txt from 2003/09

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <patricia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pads deteriorating quickly
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:29:54 -0400

Don Hatfield wrote:

>Walter, what kind of oil do you employ in your immersion therapy? And I have
>another small problem with the barrel on the Marigaux clarinet I wrote here
>about over the weekend...both rings are loose, and it's summer and it's
>humid here, so the wood has clearly shrunk some, and a little less so with
>the bell rings, but the main body of the instrument seems fine.
>
I don't mean to barge into another conversation, and I suppose I'm
showing a bit of scientific ignorance. However, I always had thought
that heat and humidity caused wood and other porous substances to swell,
not shrink. Is the shrinkage Mr. Hatfield is having problems with due
to the location on the horn (i.e., under rings? scraping between rings
and wood? other reasons?) Again, I have a great deal to learn on the
repair end of things. However, as I live in Virginia, humidity capital
of the world (or at least it seems so), this is something I feel it is
important to know.

Patricia Smith

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