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Re: Metal Tenons install

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2007-04-24 00:05

For what it's worth, I too regard the teacher's notion of temperature instability on account of tenon caps as BS. (Note that I was not commenting on the guy himself, just the notion.)

Yes, theoretically it makes a difference, but so does the moth flapping its wings on the other side of the room.

Most of the heat loss from the bore is by convection, with the warm air rising and escaping through tone holes and past the reed while the clarinet is not being played. Did the teacher tell you to keep all those tone holes closed when not being played? Did he tell you to do resonance fingerings so that more holes were closed more of the time? Did he tell you to avoid clarinets with tenon SOCKET rings, metal posts, and any other metal parts embedded into the timber, hence more rapidly draining warmth from it?

Any notion has to stand the test of science-based, common sense relevance, and surely a worthy teacher should apply this sort of test before passing such notions on to all-believing students. (Note I am not trying to imply that any teacher is expected to be perfect in every way. I just have a bee in my bonnet about the constant BS that comes from even reputable teachers.)

A local flute teacher some years ago got all his students to buy from him, long flute cases so that they did not need to disassemble their flutes. Disassembly damaged the beneficial vibrations that took up residence in the metal or timber! Imagine how a clarinet is damaged when it has FOUR junctions that are taken apart.

Turn your clarinet into a Strad by gluing the tenons into their sockets!

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