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Surface craks in bore + Dry weather woes

Author: contragirl
Date: 2005-02-25 08:39

Well, my Buffet Continentale A (Which is like, what, 40 years old??) has surface cracks in the bore. The clarinet has never cracked, and my Bb also has some surface cracks in the bore, but the Continentale cracks seem a lot more noticable and deep. Is there a way to fix surface cracks? I oil my bores yearly, so shouldn't that help?

Also, every single tenon ring on my clarinets and 6 barrels are coming off!! I have had a few loose tenon rings during the cold, dry season, but this is ridiculous. I use my damp-it and check my humidity on the hygrometer. The hygrometer is a steady 40% and goes up and down a few, but not too much. I am trying to get it to go up to 45%, but it won't. :( If I were to get them swedged, could it cause a problem when the weather gets warmer?

I think I will hold out til spring, and hope there aren't cracks.

--Contragirl

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