Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 2004/02

From: "James Fay" <n3hpz@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Loose bell rings
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:19:08 -0500

I use dampits (humidity raising devices) in the case during winter =
months. I
also monitor the house humidity and have a room humidifier on when the
humidity is below 35% (in winters here in Maryland).

Wrapping a damp cloth around the bell's wood near the ring also seems to
help swell the wood enough to keep the ring tight for me.

--Jim Fay

-----Original Message-----
From: GrabnerWG@-----.com [mailto:GrabnerWG@-----.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:59 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Loose bell rings

As the winter drags on and indoor humidity levels continue to be so low,
just=20
about every clarinet I see has a loose ring at the bottom of the bell.

Does anybody out there have a good way to tighten these without using a=20
banding press and a bell ring die set? Frankly, using these things scare =
the
devil=20
out of me!

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
New Jazz/Klezmer mouthpiece now on eBay

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