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Re: Repair question

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2007-04-23 23:41

Either air is leaking under your fingers at the ring keys, or there are leaks under pads, or it is something to do with the way you blow the thing. Does another player have the same problem on your clarinet?

"As far as I can tell the pads are all sealing"

What tests have you done to warrant that statement? A visual check is nowhere near good enough.

Cork one end of a clarinet section, dampen your fingers (if your skin is thick or hard) and close the keys, and gently "squirt" air from your sealed mouth at gentle but firm pressure into the other end. You should not detect that air is leaving your mouth cavity.

Blowing form the lungs is not good enough for this test, because it is difficult to detect a slow reduction of air that is in the lungs.

Post Edited (2007-04-25 23:21)

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