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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2001-01-17 03:23
When assembling your clarinet is it better to twist it togeather or push it togeater. That is the question?
i do both and some times i wonder if I would be better twisting all of the time vs. Pushing the barrel and mp togeather.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-01-17 03:49
I use a combination of push and twist. It just seems to go together easier for me that way. Of course if there is a significant resistance, I use a bit of cork grease.
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Author: Eoin McAuley
Date: 2001-01-17 07:41
Twist, definitely.
Try pushing your foot along a carpeted floor. See the way the carpet rucks up in front of your foot. That's what happens to the cork if you push the joints together. This will put extra pressure on the wood and may cause it to crack.
Be very careful when joining the upper joint to the lower joint that you keep the link mechanism out of the way by holding down the rings on the upper joint. If you don't, you may strip the cork off the link mechanism, causing it to malfunction.
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Author: JOHN GIBSON
Date: 2001-01-17 13:19
I always use cork grease. Then I push the pieces together, twisting them after they're together just to lne up the pieces. I always put the MP in the barrel before inserting into the upper joint as two pieces. Reason is, I use a VanDoren optimum lig and it tends to slip if you put it on then try to insert the MP into the barrel. Guess the bottom line is...don't force anything.
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2001-01-17 13:43
As Eoin says, twist. It goes on easier. It is less likely to jam and tear up the cork -think of a _loose_ rug in Eoin's example.
In addition, it will help get the parts get aligned on the same axis. If you have ever tried to put together or take apart two pieces of your instrument that were at even a slight angle to each other, you will know what I mean.
Just be careful of the bridge keys when assembling the upper and lower joints.
John, are you putting the reed on before assembling the instrument? Or just never taking them off? I don't put the reed or ligature on my bass clarinet until the whole thing is assembled and so don't need to worry about them slipping. I find it convenient to put the mouthpiece on last.
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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2001-01-17 14:12
i always take my reed off at night. I always put the reed on the mp after everything else is done.
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Author: JOHN GIBSON
Date: 2001-01-17 14:40
Don...
I put the MP and barrel together...then put the reed on. I then put the two pieces together with the rest of the horn by holding the barrel. I guess my lig slips otherwise because it's on a crystal MP which I love. If I oculd afford it I'd get another as backup. Anyone got a Selmer #3 facing crystal cheap?
John
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-01-17 17:52
Very good, John G, thats my way also. I particularly like the opportunity to see how the reed/mp-lig/barrel seems to play before uniting it with the UJ/LJ/bell, then checking out the register keys [bass and alto] for proper function, then checking out how well I cross the break today, then "doodle" till the downbeat! Don
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Author: jerry
Date: 2001-01-18 22:02
BOB -
I used to do the Twist - I believe it went like this: Pretend you are drying your back with a towel at the same time your are mashing a cig butt with your foot. I don't think I ever learned the Push.
Good luck on your twisting & pushing.
~ jerry
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-01-18 22:25
jerry wrote:
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> I used to do the Twist - I believe it went like this: Pretend
> you are drying your back with a towel at the same time your are
> mashing a cig butt with your foot.
Shall we all "Twist Again, Like We Did Last Summer"?
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