Klarinet Archive - Posting 000079.txt from 2010/02

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] loose bell ring (was: thanks)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:30:31 -0500


On Feb 13, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Peter Stoll wrote:

> is there a safe way a teacher can fix students' bell-rings if loose?
>
Yes - put some orange peel in the bell (if it's a wood clarinet). As
long as the case is opened regularly, the orange peel won't get
moldy, and the wood will humidify/expand so that the ring becomes
snug. Thus, this fix works as a surreptitious practice checking
device as well!!

David

Clarionet. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton
in his ears. There are two instruments worse than the clarionet - two
clarionets.

Ambrose Bierce: Devil's Dictionary 1911

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