Klarinet Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2009/07

From: Richard D Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] eefer reeds
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:25:32 -0400

Ed,

You are running the risk of splitting the barrel wide open by removing
the rings. If a cork happens to swell you could loose the barrel. The
receiving sockets have rings on them for a reason...the same reason an
old fashioned wooden bucket has bands around it; that being to give
strength and hold it together. If you don't want rings on the barrel,
a carbon fiber wrapping, or something similar should be done to
protect the barrel (or any and all of the other receiving joints of
the clarinet). I have a very expensive ring shrinking press with many
dies and receiving sockets just to shring rings and keep joints from
splitting out. I've seen it happen and ruin the lower half of many a
clarinet, barrel or bell.

It is possible to over shrink a ring. It can, indeed dampen the
resonating qualities of the instrument. Ring shrinking should only be
done by someone who knows what they're dong and preferably by someone
who also plays the clarinet and can varify his work.

Sincerely,
Richard Bush,
a repairman of many decades.

On Jul 12, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Ed Lowry wrote:

Following up on the use of B-flat reeds for the E-flat clarinet, I
took the metal ring off the barrel of my Leblanc E-flat, thereby
obviating the need to cut it to a shorter length. I'm getting a much
better sound than before, using a Forestone reed.

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