Klarinet Archive - Posting 000450.txt from 2005/03

From: "Jools Wingate" <detourintothemacabre@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Help! clarinet cracks
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:04:05 -0500

Thanks for that...
no they are not new... about 1954.
So maybe that's it.
Crack runs from tenon in top joint (barrel end) to just above the speaker
hole.
I will get someone to have a look tomorrow.
thanks again,
Jools

>From: ormo2ndtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Help! clarinet cracks
>Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:52:39 -0800
>
>Jools Wingate wrote:
>
> > I have just taken my B&H Edgewares out to
> > play, and since rehearsing this morning the
> > Bb has developed a fine crack in the top joint.
>
>Is this a newly purchased clarinet? If so, it is probably under
>warranty.
>
>
>
> > Ahhh, i don't know what to do - shall i get it
> > pinned, or just make sure it is perfectly dry
> > after playing (i do that anyway).
>
>It needs to be evaluated by a competent repair technician because it may
>(likely, but not necessarily for certain) get worse as time passes, as
>the weather changes, etc. It makes a difference where the crack is
>located --- at a tone hole, in the tenon, at a key post, etc.
>
>
>
> > does anyone have any suggestions as to how
> > i can prevent it from getting worse?
>
>Again, the clarinet needs inspection. Many reasons that a crack
>appears are not under your control.
>
>
>
> > Also, what are people's opinions on oiling the
> > bore?
>
>Opinion is divided, and clarinetists frequently argue with each other
>about this.
>
>
>
> > I haven't [oiled the bore] because i was told i
> > shouldn't, people have subsequently advised
> > me i should... is this why it's cracked?
>
>Probably this is not the reason tat it cracked, but I'm sure that
>somebody will argue that it may have been the reason. A number of
>clarinetists feel that 'babying' a clarinet merely postpones the
>inevitable. That is, if it was going to crack, then it would've done
>so eventually no matter what you did.
>
>
>
>Good luck, but above all else, get it looked at by a competent
>technician who has experience in repairing cracked clarinets. (not all
>repair persons have this experience, be sure to find one who does.)
>
>
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