Klarinet Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 2008/03

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Middle tenon is frozen
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:10:51 -0500


I had this problem with my new E11 C clarinet a few years ago and what
worked (from Sneeezy site) was to wrap the frozen sections in a heavy towel
and put in freezer overnight.
The next morning take out of freezer (leave in towel so wood doesn't warm up
too fast). Work the sections while still in the towel. The sections
separated. Leave in towel till it is warmed up.

-----Original Message-----
From: clarni bass [mailto:clarnibass@-----.com]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:17 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Middle tenon is frozen

How strong are you? Maybe you can let someone stronger
to try? You need especially strong TWISTING force. Of
course be careful not to damage anything! That works
most of the times. If not...

You can try things to make it more dry and cold, to
shrink it as much as possible. That sometimes works.

What you need to do is create that slight movement and
then it should be much easier. Try to move it sideways
(but very carefully!) to wobble the connection. If you
can do that it would possible be easier to seperate
normally or you will need to keep wobbling it until it
is loose enough.
If you can't, you need something strong and thin, I
use a specific knife, to tap between the joints and
force them to move. Again be careful and alternate
sides so it doesn't move too much to a diagonal. This
should work.

I don't know what Wiseman case you are using, but I
have the bass clarinet one and I keep my soprano
clarinet in it with the joints seperate. You should do
that in your case too, and since it only take a few
more cm for that I assume it's possible in your case.

Nitai

--- Matthew Lloyd <matthew@-----.uk> wrote:

> I cannot separate the two main joints of my A
> clarinet. They've been living
> in a Wiseman case for some significant period.
>
> Any ideas about how to sort this? Or is a tech only
> job?
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
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