Klarinet Archive - Posting 000317.txt from 2006/02

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Please Help - R13 Greenline Top Joint Broken!
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:25:32 -0500

The socket was broken on my son's clarinet. Eric Saterlee fixed it.

Gary

At 08:18 PM 2/24/06, you wrote:
>At 07:17 PM 2/24/2006 -0800, Gary Van Cott wrote:
>>If you sit on them on a bed they break.
>
>It's not much good for flutes, either. We seem to get about one of those
>a month -- flutes that play around corners. :-) The middle tenon joint
>seems to be the weakest and most vulnerable part of the clarinet. If too
>much pressure is applied, SOMETHING will give out. If it is the tenon,
>you can do the tenon graft and save the upper joint. But if the SOCKET
>breaks, you are pretty much stuck with buying a new lower joint and having
>your keys transferred. It is possible that the Greenline material,
>although strong, is a bit more brittle than wood or plastic. Anecdotal
>evidence suggests Greenlines have more trouble than others, but I have not
>seen any real statistics.

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