Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2005/02

From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] loose barrel rings
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:54:49 -0500

The best device I've used by far is the humistat which there's a thread on
it at
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=159590&t=159542
They are $4 and work really well - last a week per filling and are easily
adjustable for humidity given off.
I much prefer them to the dampits.

David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com

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From: "Sue Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] loose barrel rings
Message-ID: <002901c50a0d$8dd33950$cc331c40@x>

> The proper way is to bring the clarinet to a repair technician that has a
> ring machine. It is a press with different size dies to shrink the rings.
> It cost's about $500.00. I've been doing repairs for about 30 years and
> tried many different techniques. This is the same technique that the
> factories use.

This is interesting to me, since my local tech says the same thing....he
shrinks the metal
ring. What I have heard from most everyone else, is either use paper shims
(which I
have done) or humidify the wood (which I have also done, with orange peels).
But my tech has been at it for over 50 years so I imagine he has enough
experience
to know what he is talking about. Up until now he had been only one I had
heard this
from though.

Sue

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