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Re: Basics in caring for wooden clarinets

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-10-21 12:31

The most basic temperature rule is ....... 'If you're not comfortable in it, neither is the clarinet.' So NEVER leave your clarinet in a freezing car over night. Or if you do, allow it at least an hour to come back to room temperature before pumping air down the bore.

My one story about that is a gig the band had close to a service door to the outside on a frigid evening (one clarinetist seated close to the door). Immediately after finishing a set, the door was propped open and gusts of bitter air swept in. In a matter of minutes there was loud snapping noise, and the upper joint to the clarinet by the door was no more.

.....................Paul Aviles

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