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Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets

Author: Ben Shaffer  Date:   2014-08-20 02:04 My first Bagpipe Practice Chanter was an all blackwood model owned by my Dad and was made about 1960. Pipers call the wood blackwood and I am assuming its what we Clarinet Players call Grenadilla. Well I played it for several months and then it developed..... surprise surprise a crack in the top section. The Pipe repair man introduced a brass sleeve, and this prevented any further cracks. That said though I think the brass dulled the sound. I think wood or plastic are always going to be the better option in terms of sound The brass over the wood to me was like using a Condom

Topics	Author	Date
possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Ben Shaffer	2014-08-17 23:57
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	AAAClarinet	2014-08-18 00:18
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Silversorcerer	2014-08-19 22:55
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Chris P	2014-08-19 23:26
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Paul Aviles	2014-08-20 00:28
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	MichaelW	2014-08-20 01:23
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Steven Ocone	2014-08-20 01:25
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Ben Shaffer	2014-08-20 02:04
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	CocoboloKid	2014-08-20 01:59
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Tony F	2014-08-20 02:05
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	BartHx	2014-08-20 07:57
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	Silversorcerer	2014-08-20 09:25
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	BobD	2014-08-20 16:19
Re: possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets  new	BartHx	2014-08-21 02:42

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