Klarinet Archive - Posting 000093.txt from 2009/09

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] desert climates?
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:20:04 -0400

That's no doubt true where cracking is concerned, but loose rings can be
caused by dryness.

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Van Cott [mailto:gary@-----.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:11 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] desert climates?
>
> I have lived here in Las Vegas for a long time and I don't know anyone
> that does anything special or has had any problems. It is changes in
> humidity that have the potential to cause problems, not constant low
> humidity.
>
> Gary
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>
> Curtis Bennett wrote:
> > I've just recently moved to Phoenix (from Oklahoma), and a fellow
> > clarinet player here was telling me that I should be sure to keep my
> > horn oiled regularly, and she also suggested a sort of humidity
> insert
> > to keep inside my clarinet while it's in its case, because of the
> lack
> > of natural humidity here.
> >
> > I wanted to get some expert opinions on this. Is she right, or is she
> > an alarmist?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Curtis Bennett
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