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Re: Say I messed up breaking in a clarinet

Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2018-08-17 19:16

Let me assure you that you did nothing wrong and that playing your new clarinet to often will not ruin it.

In fact, I argue that you should do the opposite and play it as much as you can. Why? Because in most cases if a clarinet is going to crack it is going to crack and there is nothing you can do about it. Playing it less will only delay cracking. Right now (I assume) that you have a warranty on it. If you play it as much as possible right now and it doesn't crack then you can be sure that it is not likely to crack in the future. But if it does crack then you would know that it would've cracked eventually and at least you can get it replaced on warranty. And if you are worried about the bore changing I can assure you that any changes in the bore would happen over time regardless. Both cracks and warping are caused by pre-existing stresses in the wood which can't really be removed by playing less often.

Of course this is all from my personal experience fixing instruments. There's no set guidelines for breaking in an instrument and everyone has different opinions.

-Jdbassplayer

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