Klarinet Archive - Posting 000072.txt from 2010/08

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] speaker bushes
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:04:00 -0400

I think the sway bar bushings on my car were a hard plastic. What
about the other tone holes? There is the raised part that sticks up
inside the rings for the thumb and fingers. That seems like it would
be added after production of the wooden body of the clarinet. Are
those a sort of bushing?

-Jennifer

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:23 AM, <bhausmann1@-----.net> wrote:
> I think you have it figured out correctly. =A0Perhaps it is a British/Ame=
rican English distinction. =A0A "bushing" would be a metal sleeve, which wo=
uld indeed be a reasonable solution to help repair a crack through a tone h=
ole.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:57:36
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List<klarinet@-----.com>
> Reply-To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
> Subject: [kl] speaker bushes
>
> Dear Klarinet,
>
> What is a speaker bush? =A0Is this a proper term?
>
> I tried searching the Klarinet archives for speaker bush, but mostly
> came up with posts by Richard Bush. =A0The same came up for
> speaker+bush. =A0I tried "speaker bush" which gave me no results.
> However, speaker AND bush NOT richard bush brought up two results.
>
> The relevant result from speaker AND bush NOT richard bush was posted
> by Brian Ackerman on Sat, 22 Mar 1997. =A0It said, in part:
>>If the crack goes through a tonehole, that tonehole should be properly
>>bushed to prevent it from leaking. The speaker pipe should be OK though, =
as
>>it is already bushed.
>
> >From this and experience with my own clarinet, I am guessing that
> "speaker bush" refers to the metal reinforcement around the hole for
> the register key, but I don't have other sources to refer to at this
> time. =A0I believe I have heard of "bushings" before. =A0I took my car
> into the repair shop because it was making a strange noise, which
> turned out to be a pair of dry sway bar bushings. =A0When I looked those
> up they looked like two washers connected by a cylinder - sort of a 3
> dimensional washer, covering the bar portion of a hinge. =A0This fits
> the form of the metal sheath lining my clarinet register key
> tone-hole. =A0Is this correct? =A0Is there anything else interesting to
> know about a speaker bush or other bushes (or bushings) used on
> clarinets?
>
> Thank you for your kind attention.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jennifer Jones
>
>
> P.S. =A0Regarding whether "speaker bush" is a proper term: =A0I am
> following the article, as it is my only source at the moment. =A0Various
> speaker bush google searches brought up mostly George and Laura Bush
> links and nothing on clarinet; boolean logic didn't help either; the
> most drastic search I tried was: speaker AND bush NOT "Laura bush" NOT
> "George Bush" NOT "George W Bush" NOT "George W. Bush", which still
> brought up "George W. Bush" links.
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