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Re: Clarinets and Concrete

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-11-04 16:44

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/download.html/1,3347/bell.JPG

Plastic or Bakelite wouldn't break like that as they'd break in chunks rather than in long shards running the entire length of the bell - the cracks follow the grain lines that are characteristic of wood, plus plastic bells rarely have solid nickel silver bell rings fitted (like this one has) as they either have sheet metal ones that are pressure fitted or no bell ring at all.

I've seen enough cracked wooden bells and plastic ones to draw this conclusion.

I've accidentally flung a Vandoren B46 at a concrete floor - reason being I used PTFE tape to make it a tighter fit in the barrel socket, then after a show I shook the mouthpiece while in the barrel to shake out any excess moisture from it, then the mouthpiece shot out of the socket onto a concrete floor smashing the tip and side rails. I collected all the broken bits and superglued it all back together, tidied up the tip and side rails and continued to play on this mouthpiece for some time to come. I still have this mouthpiece and use it from time to time. A little while later, someone else I know did exactly the same thing (but on a wooden floor) with her B46.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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