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Re: Wooden clarinet help

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-08-25 13:04

The situation as described is almost the worst possible scenario. You'd be standing out in (most likely) frigid, windy conditions until you guys march in and play. So what will happen is that the body and keys of the clarinet will cool down drastically. You get inside and immediately start blowing 97 degree fahrenheit temperature air down the bore...... a recipe for a disastrous crack.

My war story: I was with a band doing a concert in the middle of Winter somewhere in New England in a school gymnasium. We were set up just feet from the service doors (easy load and unload) which were inexplicably opened full within moments of finishing. A bone chilling 20 degree wind just whipped across the band and the clarinet on a stand closest to the door made this hideous popping noise. There was a massive, unrepairable crack down the top joint that has made me fear cold temperatures ever since!

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

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