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Author: Joel Clifton
Date: 2003-04-21 03:43
Anyone have stories of their instruments cracking and what caused it? I don't yet, and I'm hoping to keep it that way. Hearing how others got theirs to crack may help me (and anyone else reading this) know how to avoid it, and besides I'm curious.
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Author: Nick Angiolillo
Date: 2003-04-21 15:40
You wouldn't believe how stupid I was when I first got the instrument. I'm lucky the thing is on full warranty.
The barrel was stuck on the top joint for several days, there was nothing I could do to get it off. So what did I do? I put it in the freezer! Right, because cold air makes materials compress, and I thought it was logical that the corks would shrink a bit and it would come right off.
So that's how I got the big crack in my top joint. I sent it back to be fixed, and didn't notice until a couple days ago that the crack is back. Maybe I should demand a new joint this time.
Moral: don't put your clarinet in the freezer!
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Author: Domingo
Date: 2003-04-21 16:38
hahah thats funny..................................well, I did a dumb thing of using it for marching season. SOME idiot (right, ......some idiot....) knocked it over and only cracked the bottom of the bell, just a bit. Good thing it didnt affect the sound.....or did it.........well, DONT USE IT FOR MARCHING SEASON even tough it may sound really good
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-04-21 18:16
There once was a crack in my horn ---
I have no idea how it was born...
Filled it with superglue,
something I often do,
no more crack by the very next morn!
Henry Gibson
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-04-21 18:49
All my life I've been playing Buffet,
They've been used in every which way.
In cold rooms and hot,
In a bar - even on a yacht.
Not a crack to report to this day...GBK
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-04-21 19:01
I feel that I should be more clear.
Let's not instill panic and fear.
If a horn's going to crack,
Don't have a panic attack.
Fix it and resume your career...GBK
Post Edited (2003-04-21 21:25)
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-04-21 19:52
I don't have a crack in my LL.
It may have been played by Reg Kell.
It's old and mellifluous,
when soft or vociferous.
I think when it's time it may sell well.
Henry
(It's not for sale!)
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Author: bobber
Date: 2003-04-21 20:00
There once was a horn from Nantucket...
Oh never mind. A friend of mine cracked his bell when the lower half of his clarinet slipped out of the upper joint.
Bobber
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2003-04-21 20:10
In a section rife with envy and scorn
Sadly, no fault of my horn
My bandmate, in a pique of derision
Lashed out with precision
Installed it where the Sun never show(r)n
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Author: SusanB
Date: 2003-04-21 20:50
I had a dream once that my horn cracked. I woke up from a dead sleep in the middle of the night and ran to my clarinet. Whew! No crack. Just a dream...
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-04-21 20:57
Not as weird as "contragirl"'s dreams!
Henry
Post Edited (2003-04-22 02:06)
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Author: Carol Dutcher
Date: 2003-04-22 00:33
My nearly new Noblet C clarinet cracked on New Year's Eve. We went from cold outside to sitting near a fireplace. As I watched the horn crack getting bigger and bigger, I really did have a panic attack. But, it was still under warranty. I like the freezer idea. Too bad it didn't work.
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Author: Nick Angiolillo
Date: 2003-04-22 01:27
Gah, just noticed another crack running straight into the register key.
This one wasn't my fault, I swear!
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Author: VermontJM
Date: 2003-04-22 01:53
I registered my R13 with campus police when I was in college just in case it got stolen. This involves giving them the serial number and they keep it on file. They kindly offered to engrave my name into the instrument and I jumped back in horror. That night, I had a dream that someone carved elaborate designs into my clarinet. It took weeks to recover from that fright.
Here's a great "thank god" story...
We had a concert. The bass clarinet player was sharing the college's bass clarinet with another clarinet player who needed it for an unaffliated musical. On the day of the concert, the borrower forgot to bring back the instrument, so our bass clarinettist was instrument-less. Our director sent his wife to her high school to get her band's instument. She showed up with the HS bass just as the borrower showed up with the original. Our player had already opened the HS bass, so she was putting it together when we were told that the original instrument had been rendered completely useless anyway by a HUGE crack straight into the bore.
Sooooo... thank goodness she forgot the instrument in the first place! (The new instrument sounded leagues better anyway!!)
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Author: Wes
Date: 2003-04-22 02:09
Many experienced clarinet fixers say that it is a no-no to blow body temperature air into a cold clarinet to warm it up. The inside of the clarinet gets warm and tries to expand while the outside does not change as it is still cold. The result is a crack. Yesterday morning at the HB sunrize service, I was amazed to see experienced clarinet players blowing in their instruments to warm them in the cold air!!
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2003-04-22 02:12
Wes wrote:
> Many experienced clarinet fixers say that it is a no-no to blow
> body temperature air into a cold clarinet to warm it up.
Just as many (maybe more) say gently blowing warm air into a cold clarinet is a good way to warm it up. Of course, it depends how cold the clarinet is ...
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-04-22 02:57
Also take into account that perhaps these clarinets were already warmed up somewhere and they were blowing air in the instruments to try to KEEP them warm.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: funkymunky
Date: 2003-04-22 04:56
As the proud owner of a B-12 I must say I will never have anything meaningful to say in this topic. MWHAHAHA
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2003-04-22 11:31
Synonymous Botch wrote:
> As usual...
[ Please re-read Rule #1 and apply it. Mark C. ]
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Author: sinkdraiN
Date: 2003-04-22 12:18
I bought a used leblanc LL it was shipped from across the country to my house during the winter. It sat in the snow on my front step the day it arrived. It was a personal sale so I basically sent the cash and hoped a horn would arrive. I was so excited to see if it was a good horn I immediately opened it up and played it. After about 30 minutes my barrel cracked! Once it was fixed the LL played great...and still does!
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