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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-06-29 19:20
Cleaned and cork-greased in its case, in the socks drawer.
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Ben
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Author: davetrow
Date: 2010-06-29 20:35
I stored my R13 in much the way tictactux suggests, with the addition that I took it out of the case every six months or so, blew air through it for a few minutes, and then oiled it inside and out. It remained on the shelf for almost 15 years with no ill effects, and only needed one pad replaced to be in playable condition.
Of course, now I wish I hadn't left it so long before starting up again, but that's another matter.
Dave Trowbridge
Boulder Creek, CA
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2010-06-29 22:18
Ideally a clarinet should be played regularly even if for only 10 minutes at a time and especially if its your backup instrument.
Why not share your practice time between 2 or more instruments. This will also reduce the wear and tear on your prime clarinet.
Instruments stored unplayed for long periods are very prone to attack by pad eating bugs (especially if kept in with clothes or socks!!)
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2010-06-30 00:27
My problem with my backup clarinet which I take out maybe once a year at the most is that the B/E mechanism will be slightly out of adjustment(might get the Buffet key holder) and the keys will have lot of tarnish and I've look all around here in Reykjavík Iceland for Anti-tarnish sachets with no luck at all.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-06-30 03:09
I just keep them in my closet in my studio that I never allow to get overly dry or damp, never too cold or too hot either. Never have a problem with them. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2010-06-30 10:41
Keep the mouthpiece somewhere separate to help avoid tarnishing.
Either that or open the case periodically to exchange the air.
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Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2010-06-30 11:38
I ordered the Gleam anti-tarnish sachets from The Doctor's Products. Those have really been working well imo. I highly recommend getting those. There's 2 sachets per bag.
Post Edited (2010-06-30 11:40)
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-06-30 12:25
The "sock drawer" recommendation has something else going for it along with the humor: It's a recommendation to store the clarinet indoors. Good idea for several reasons. First, these days most homes are temperature-controlled throughout the year. The wood won't be subjected to nearly the extremes of temperature and humidity indoors that it would get in an unheated garage or shed. Second, there are fewer insects and rodents indoors that can gnaw into the case and set up their version of Starbucks (or Madame Spanky's Pleasure Palace). Third, the clarinet stored indoors is likely to get in the way now and then and whine, "Play me!"
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
Post Edited (2010-06-30 12:26)
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2010-06-30 19:16
> an unheated garage or shed
Sacrilege!
Mind you, central heating can be a pig. Watch you keep away from radiators.
> the clarinet stored indoors is likely to get in the way now and then and whine, "Play me!"
Absolutely!
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2010-06-30 20:32
L. Loban wrote:
"The wood won't be subjected to nearly the extremes of temperature and humidity indoors that it would get in an unheated garage or shed."
That is perfectly true. However, it's not the extremes of temperature and humidity that are dangerous, but abrupt changes in temperature and humidity.
As any antique furniture conservator will tell you, central heating and air conditioning has caused more damage to valuable antiques than decades spent in houses with fireplaces or gravity furnaces or in buildings without forced-air heating and A/C.
Quick changes stress the wood, not the temperature or humidity levels by themselves.
B.
Post Edited (2010-06-30 20:37)
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-06-30 20:39
There's been a few suggestions made here that I don't agree with myself. I'll refer you back to my former post. It's really not a problem. I've never had a crack, never had anything tarnish even though I keep a mouthpiece in the case of my Eb clarinet at least, never had a problem with any of the bores changing, never had a problem period. In short, it's not a problem storing a clarinet as long as you use common sense and don't do anything stupid, period. ESP
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Author: BobD
Date: 2010-06-30 20:53
I store my wood clarinets in large plastic tubs that have tops. Inside the tub is a humidistat and humidity control as necessary. The tubs I use hold 3 clarinets in their cases.
Bob Draznik
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