Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 2010/09

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] stuck tenon
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:12:12 -0400

I am sorry for the tardy reply, but I just re-read this message. A
wood clarinet might crack if it is put in the freezer - like a hot
glass dish from the oven is liable to break if run under a cold water
faucet. I would expect that a clarinet might crack if transferred
from room temperature to the freezer. It puts in mind Mr. Marshall's
cracked bass clarinet story, especially given that room temperature
can be a lot warmer than a room of a building in northwestern Europe
during winter (heck our kitchen in the summer can be quite warm,
especially when cooking).

-Jennifer

Mr. Mashall's associate's cracked bass clarinet:
http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/lookup.php/Klarinet/2010/08/000443.txt

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net> wrote:
> First thing to try is to gently rock the barrel back and forth. If you can
> get it to move even a little, you should be able to work it loose the rest
> of the way by turning and pulling on the barrel until it loosens its grip
> more. You probably have wood binding on wood - either the shoulder or end of
> the tenon has swelled or the inside of the barrel's socket has. It sometimes
> happens in warm, humid weather. If rocking doesn't work, you can try getting
> someone else to hold the barrel with both hands and you hold the clarinet
> top section in whatever way you can grip it that won't bend keys or rods,
> then have the person holding the barrel try to turn it. A piece of sheet
> rubber or a rubber band wrapped around the barrel can provide a more secure
> grip on it - I've even found a handkerchief or small cloth towel can help.
> Sometimes people put a stuck barrel (or bell) in the fridge for a couple of
> hours to see if it may reduce the swelling that's causing the problem (but
> I've never found that approach effective). There are probably other
> suggestions in the archives. What you *shouldn't* do is try to pry the
> barrel off by forcing any kind of tool under the joint. And don't grip the
> instrument across any of the long rods (more of a problem when the bell and
> lower section are involved) or unsupported keys. In my experience there
> isn't much more that a repair tech can do except that if something *does*
> get bent he/she is right there to straighten it.
>
> Obviously, once it's apart, don't put it back together until you know the
> same thing won't happen. Try applying fresh cork grease and then carefully
> put the barrel on, but stop the instant you feel any resistance to normal
> turning. If it continues to bind, you can wait until the weather cools off
> and try it (carefully) again. If that doesn't solve the problem, or you
> can't wait that long to use the barrel, you need to find where it's binding
> and gently remove wood - depending on your level of confidence with it, you
> may want a tech to that part.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Karl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dickwilliams [mailto:dickwilliams@-----.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:40 AM
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: [kl] stuck tenon
>
> So the other day playing on the A the pitch was bad so I
> decided to switch barrels. I keep a short one in the case
> started to put in on. It got stuck and I cannot seem to
> remove it. Any ideas about removal?
> Dick WIlliams
> dickwilliams@-----.com
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