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Re: Building a bass clarinet on a shoe string

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2018-08-10 21:06

Ooops! Sorry. I'm a violin player normally, and my viola has a wonky neck that periodically just breaks right off. I use hide glue to glue it back on, and the clarinet repair book that I read made me think I was meant to do the same. I must have misunderstood. It's done now. Double oops. Hide glue definitely comes back off though. I think that's partly why string players use it.

Anyway, in better news, the keys are all polished and new pads on and everything back in place.

The neck and mouthpiece are assembled and make exactly the sort of cheerful ringing horn noise that I was hoping for, with little vibration against my teeth. When I fix the neck to the body, the honking goes kind of woolly and more like a foghorn, which I don't think is quite right. The mouthpiece also then vibrates so violently that it nearly takes my top from teeth right out. The neck is loose in the body and there is no bell, so I'm not sure which is the problem.

I tried sticking the spout of my stainless steel watering can up the bottom of the instrument in lieu of a bell, and it made the sound louder but not better.

I am continuing to ponder.

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