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Author: sab15
Date: 2008-07-04 20:45
Hi,
I have a new wooden selmer clarinet. Is it ok to keep it out of the case on a music stand when I am not using it? I've heard you have to be careful with how you take care of a wooden clarinet. Not sure if keeping it out of the case and constantly exposed to the air might be damaging somehow to the instrument.
Thanks.
Steven
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Author: pewd
Date: 2008-07-04 21:03
music goes on music stands
clarinets go on clarinet stands
you put your clarinet on a music stand it will get knocked onto the floor and broken
it is ok to leave it on a clarinet stand if you dry it out first (swab, and dry the tenon sockets, then put it back together and leave it on a clarinet stand)
and presuming it is in a location where someone won't trip over it, your dog won't chew on it, etc.
leaving it exposed to air - damaging? nonsense. air won't hurt it.
i wouldn't leave it sitting on a stand exposed to hours of direct sunlight.
but leave it on a music stand? heck no.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2008-07-04 23:06
Your tenon corks will suffer badly and become hard and compressed if you leave your clarinet assembled.
After pulling it through you should always dissassemble it to allow the sockets to dry out thoroughly - even better dry them with a piece of kitchen roll, especially with a new instrument.
So now its dissassembled - put it safely back in its case until next time.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-07-04 23:13
When you're not playing your clarinet (eg. for several hours, overnight or for a day or two), always dry it out well and put it back in it's case after use rather than leaving it assembled on a clarinet stand (peg) as the tenons can stick if not dried out well, or the tenon corks can become compressed making the joints loose.
Never use a music stand to rest instruments on - only last week a flute player put her flute across her music stand only for another player to barge her way through the stands (rather than walking around them) knocking it flying.
If you haven't got a clarinet stand, lay it on a table where it can be easily seen, and not freestanding on the floor where it can easily fall or get knocked over or laid on a chair seat.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2008-07-05 01:07
>yeah, i meant a clarinet stand. my bad.
i figured as much, but you never know...
i have so many students i see lots of strange things.
anyway. if you dry it out (including the tenon sockets) and put it back together, its ok to keep it on a stand , i keep several assembled for weeks at a time in my studio; sometimes for months. doesnt bother them. every 2-3 years i replace the tenon corks.
but as others said, its much safer in its case.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: hans
Date: 2008-07-05 01:44
Twenty years of assembling and disassembling (after every use) my clarinet has not done it any harm.
Hans
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-07-05 15:07
There is really no advantage to leaving your clarinet on a clarinet stand, peg, all day and night. I would not recommend it. It is probably better off in its case unless there is some underlining reason to do so. In that case you have to make sure you swab it out, take it apart to clear the water out of the tendons, make sure the corks are greased so when you put it back together there isn’t friction because you may have trouble getting the joints apart later. Since you have to go through all that anyway, you might as well put it back in the case. Be assured though that air will not harm a clarinet, unless it’s left outside in Buffalo NY in the middle of the winter or in Miami FL in August of course. ESP www.peabody.jhu.edu/457 (Listen to a little Mozart, Live recording)
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-07-05 15:21
Pets or small children in the family? If so, they're more good reasons for putting the clarinet away after every use. I've known for two decades that my Shadow Cat hates clarinets, but, because she's 20-1/2 years old now and doesn't do a lot of leaping and gymnastics any more, I got careless. I left a clarinet lying on my piano bench. Oops. She has plenty of energy when she really wants to summon it, apparently. She gleefully rolled the clarinet down the stairs.
Lelia
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