Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 2004/02

From: Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Loose bell rings
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:01:10 -0500

Forest Aten wrote:

>You are always perfect with your timing. Keeping these rings snug is very
>important. A loose ring can certainly be the cause of a crack in the tenon
>area of a clarinet.
>
>The best thing to do is to use paper shims. Try to get the "right" thickness
>of paper so that you can run the paper around the entire diameter of the
>tenon and still press on the ring with only moderate force. No ten ton
>gorilla needed here. You want to have even distribution when you press the
>ring back onto the piece. [ ... ]
>

Forest,

Walter's post was talking about the bottom ring, which wraps around the
lip - you cannot remove these in order to shim them.

Erik

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