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Author: ginny
Date: 2009-01-15 04:59
I read that somewhere, but I won't be able to get it seen for a month or more.
Gig's coming, what to do?
It's near the trill keys of course, a clarinet about 10 years old now.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2009-01-15 05:18
i wouldn't play it until its fixed.
can you borrow, rent one, buy another until you get it fixed?
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: NBeaty
Date: 2009-01-15 13:53
I would keep playing it, but have it fixed immediately. If you quit playing it entirely, the crack will close. When it is repaired when it is closed and you start playing it again it will open back up. This is only if the crack opened say on friday, and you couldn't get it repaired till monday it would be advisable to play it a little bit on saturday and sunday.
A month is too long. You shouldn't have an un-repaired crack for more than a few days if you can possibly avoid it.
Also, be careful who you have fix it. A lot of repaired cracks open back up again due to poor repair jobs (sometimes other factors cause them to open up again too). I've had a crack in my Bb that went through a trill key for 6 years and it has 5 pins in it. Haven't had a problem or even a hint that it was going to open back up.
Find someone who has experience repairing cracks. I'm a teacher in your area knows one (as clarinets and oboes tend to crack more often than we'd like to admit)
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2009-01-15 14:23
It probably depends on your climate.
Where I am, cracks tend to open a certain distance and then stay there. And that is the state I would prefer to have them in when I deal with the crack.
Of course if it travels through a tone hole it will cause leaks.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2009-01-15 19:22
Why can't you get it seen for a month or more? If the local tech is too busy, there are surely good ones further away you could FedEx it to.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: ginny
Date: 2009-01-15 22:29
I took it over to the shop and he glanced at it. I have an appointment two weeks from now. Hopefully it's fixable. I was told I could play it, I'm in the South SF Bay Area, with a lovely climate, 70s today. A good reputation locally although my son's repair guy in Southern California was critical of his work, no surprise I suppose.
I've put some cellophane tape on the cracked looking spots, maybe that will help. I'll swab every 15 mins. Any other hints?
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Author: mbyerly
Date: 2009-01-15 23:41
If you must keep playing the instrument and you want to close the crack, you might try a trick I learned from an oboist. Put an orange peel over the crack, right on the wood, moist (white) side down, and store it that way in the case overnight. Hopefully, the crack will be closed the next day.
The downside is that you might get a little peel stuck in the wood grain, and your clarinet will probably smell citrusy fresh for some time. It's a quick fix, and no substitute for proper repair, but it should work until you can get help.
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Author: Neal Raskin
Date: 2009-01-16 00:51
The first thing I would do is take a pencil and trace the crack. Do not make the line thick, but keep it almost right in the crack. That way, if it does close up, your tech will be able to find the exact spot where the crack is.
On another note, even if the crack closes up, it is still cracked and needs to be fixed.
Being in the SF bay area, there has to be more than one tech that you could take it to. Does anyone know of a good tech in the SF area?
I hope you can get this fixed soon.
www.youtube.com/nmraskin
www.musicedforall.com
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Author: BobD
Date: 2009-01-16 11:52
I think I'd remove the "cellophane" tape before it ages and leaves the adhesive a problem to remove.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2009-01-16 15:27
I would not contaminate the crack with anything that could inhibit the adhesive needed to hold the crack together.
My last crack: I was told to stop playing if the crack got worse. It did, and I did. The tech adjusted the humidity to get the crack to close, pinned it and replaced the tone hole chimnies.
Bob Phillips
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