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 Re: Mechanical Failure during a performance.
Author: JEG ★2017
Date:   2010-01-07 00:24

My question to GBK is - what do you do when you ARE the bass clarinettist? :-)

In February 2006 I was playing bass clarinet in a clarinet ensemble concert in a library on Long Island NY. At the very end of a multiple-movement transcription for clarinet quartet the left middle finger pad fell halfway out of its cup, which was more than enough to render all notes lower than bottom-line E useless. Luckily all I had at that point was a few held notes and nobody in the audience except my wife noticed that anything was amiss. When I got backstage I mentioned my plight to the other players. We were able to juggle the program order so that a piece that didn't require bass clarinet was rescheduled next, and after that was the intermission.

The pad that fell out was original to the horn, a Selmer Model 33 that I bought new in 1971. As I quit playing professionally in the 80's and did not play at all for a few years after that I never had it overhauled, and the shellac was in no condition at that point to be re-melted. My colleagues fanned out through the audience and the library to see what we could use to re-attach the pad. My choices turned out to be artificial fingernail cement, Elmer's Glue and, if I remember correctly, some kind of Krazy Glue. I opted for the Elmer's and managed to install the pad perfectly on the first try. I was able to finish the concert without incident and do several more concerts before I had the instrument overhauled in June of that year.

I also had at least two occasions when I had springs on my clarinet break right after I finished a gig. I must have been living right. But that taught me to keep rubber bands in my case.
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