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Be prepared

Author: Grabnerwg
Date: 2018-12-10 20:54

Yesterday was Sunday and I had an afternoon rehearsal on bass clarinet. In the morning, I got out my bass to practice a bit and to check out reeds. As I was playing, I noticed I was a bit sharp to the tuner, and proceeded to pull out the tuning sleeve on the neck of my Buffet 1193.

There was a lot of resistance, much more than I have ever encountered. I gave it a good hard twist and the two sections finally came apart. In despair, I watched the cork from the metal tenon disintegrate and fall to the floor.

Sunday morning - rehearsal in the afternoon. Yikes!

I looked at the cork that had fallen off and it was extremely thin. Now I keep a drawer full of cork sheets, and contact cement available, for just such emergencies. However, most cork for tenons is 1 to 2 mm thick.

I looked in my cork drawer, and as luck would have it, there was a sheet of .49 mm cork way in the bottom, thin as a sheet of paper. I had long forgotten that I had it. It was probably 25 years old.

In about 15 minutes, I had a new cork on my neck tuning sleeve tenon and I was back in business!

Moral of the story? Be prepared, I guess!

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com

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