Klarinet Archive - Posting 000541.txt from 2003/09

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Mess
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:40:55 -0400

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:49:56 +0100 (BST),
roger.shilcock@-----.uk said:

> I have had a stupid accident with my B flat instrument - a jammed
> pullthrough. A wodge of cotton cloth is stuck under the speaker tube.
> Has anyone any suggestions, please?

Speaker tubes are usually held in with shellac. If you find a
screwdriver or other cylindrical metal object slightly smaller than the
speaker tube, you can heat it in a flame and then insert it into the
speaker tube from the outside. Conduction of heat throuth the tube then
melts the shellac, and you can usually extract the tube without much
difficulty, either just using the friction between the screwdriver and
the tube, or by making yourself a small hook.

Of course, if you can get at the tube from the inside, you can push it
out -- but perhaps in your case the cloth is in the way.

Tony
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