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Mouthpiece stuck on Holton Collegiate

Author: lisseyjj
Date: 2017-07-18 19:18

Hi
I recently got a Holton Collegiate metal clarinet, and the mouthpiece is stuck on the neck/barrel/I don't really know what to call this bit.

If it was a cheap, crummy mouthpiece I would just leave it on there, but it's a pretty good one that I want to be able to use on my other clarinets.

As its metal, I've tried running the metal bit around the cork of the mouthpiece (not getting the mpiece wet, though) under hot water to try and get it to expand and release the mouthpiece, as basic physics will tell you that metals expand under heat.

I know that if the mouthpiece gets stuck they say to put it in the refrigerator for a bit, but I think that would have the opposite effect for the reason stated before.

I can't really take this mouthpiece to a tech to have them look at it, so does anyone have any suggestions for getting this darn mouthpiece off the instrument?

Post Edited (2017-07-18 19:22)

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