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Author: rocket10713
Date: 2011-01-12 00:31
I own a 3-year old customized Buffet R13 Bb clarinet. It plays very well with great tone, but about a month after I got it, all the ferrules started to come loose and were turning when I would clean out the creases in each joint (such as the creases inside the barrel).
Does anybody know how the ferrules on the clarinet are affixed to the wood and how/where I could get it fixed?
Thanks!
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Author: jasperbay
Date: 2011-01-12 01:22
Go one page back under "older Posts" and look for the thread " pesky tenon receiver cracks". Don't wait!
Clark G. Sherwood
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2011-01-12 01:47
Check a search here on this website for "loose tenon rings"
Loads of advice ranging from shrinking the rings with a special device to using newspaper slips as shims with glue.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2011-01-12 20:50
For many years, I have followed the suggestion you will find relating to shimming the ring. Using tissue paper allows me to control the shim thickness with reasonable precision. Just be sure the ring is shimmed equally all the way around and make sure that the ring goes on right way around. I have never had to use glue.
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2011-01-12 21:00
I have also tightened a bell ring (over time) simply by making sure the instrument case was adequately humidified. That has also been useful for me in completely closing a couple of hair-line cracks.
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2011-01-12 21:51
I was the one who started the thread Clark mentioned. The best thing you can do is make sure you are storing the clarinet in adequate humidity. Since you're in the northeast as well I'm guessing that the humidity level in your home is pretty low. The humidity level in my house drops down to around 20% in the winter. The regular case humidifiers weren't able to cope with this and that is how I ended up with a loose ring and a receiver socket crack on my B&H clarinet.
Since then I have taken to storing all of my clarinets in a closed room with an electric humidifier. I try to maintain this room at 50-55% relative humidity and as a result all of the tenon rings on my instruments have tightened up and I have had no more problems. I haven't found shimming to be necessary on any of my instruments.
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