Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2005/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] loose barrel rings
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 23:56:12 -0500

At 04:38 PM 2/3/2005 -0500, Karl Krelove wrote:
>Manufacturers don't use paper because they are geared to do as much by
>machine as possible and using paper is hand work. Hand-fitting mass-produced
>rings initially to mass-produced barrels or bells, given the variability in
>each during a manufacturing run, would involve a prohibitive amount of time
>which can be saved by a mechanical approach. And I don't doubt that a better
>or at least tighter initial fit results from using a ring machine. But if I
>have two loose rings on my reasonably well-humidified barrel and want to
>keep them from sliding off, I don't see why paper shims applied carefully
>around the entire circumference of the ring seat would have any effect on
>cracking potential. Having see any number of very highly qualified techs use
>this same method without apparently any bad experiences, I can't see what's
>wrong with paper shims.

Paper shims are perfectly fine for minor looseness. If the ring is VERY,
falling-off-and-rolling-across-the-floor loose, shrinking the ring is
probably better. I also have one book that recommends putting one or two
layers of CHEESECLOTH over the end of the socket and hammering the ring
over them with a rawhide mallet, then cutting away the excess. I can tell
you from experience that it works fine.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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