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Author: Linus Travelli
Date: 2001-06-21 19:28
have any tips for summer clarinet care (humidifiers, temperature, etc.) up here in the northeast? I live near montreal. (don't say "depending on your area")
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Author: larryb
Date: 2001-06-21 19:40
Speaking of Texans, how will global warming affect our precious clarinet investments in the next few decades? Any forecasts about the supply of Grenadilla and other hardwoods? Shouldn't we care deeply?
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Author: Roger
Date: 2001-06-21 19:56
There was a discussion about this some years ago. Researchg the archives. There are problems. Buffet solved the problem by comming up the greenline (which uses powdered wood). A lot of their wood was cracking during manufacture
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-06-22 00:24
My son spent school years at Interlochen (where it's cold - -10F is common and -30F is occasional ) and summers at Tanglewood (hot & humid), Japan (hot & humid - it's the rainy season in summer), and Europe (all over, from the Netherlands to Italy, coast to mountains). He's never done anything to his clarinets other than keep them clean & dry, and they've survived all those locales and all those trips just fine.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-06-22 10:52
If Twiggs can't help you, try a Tobacconist.
A cigar humidifier should do the trick, for less than $50CAN.
What's it like to live in the most Beautiful city in the world?
Waiting for them to drop the puck in UpState NY.
anji
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2001-06-22 12:44
I had a problem here in Australia teaching at the Bathurst Conservatorium about 3 hours out of Sydney but 800 metres higher and much drier in climate.
The wood was worrying enough but regular oiling kept the wood in good condition. A mineral oil such as sweet almond or linseed was good but the main problem I found was playing in heated rooms that were not air conditioned causing big problems with water in the horn and the tone holes.
A couple of thing worked well. One was a ready supply of BG drying up spray which worked with the clarinet, oboe and bassoon and using pads that were pointy in profile; in other words were not flat on the surface.
I am talking about a climate that during the winter often has a range of -5 to 5 celsius which would translate as fairly bloody cold. More humid in winter than in summer and with a variety of heating systems from central water filled radiators to direct heat sources or outside. Silica gel sachets can also help.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-06-22 14:58
Mark Pinner wrote:
> I am talking about a climate that during the winter often has a
> range of -5 to 5 celsius which would translate as fairly bloody
> cold.
I think all of us in the mid-west of the USA would consider -5 to 5 C a nice early spring day. Really! -10 to -30C are the norms for our winters. -10 to -20C would be a pretty average high/low for any given winter day. Any day it climbs over 0C is a warm day indeed.
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-06-22 15:43
I really like my BG "Tone Hole Drying up" Spray, too. Problem is its a tad expensive for constant use. I have only used it when having a _BAD_ day! : )
Best,
mw
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2001-06-22 20:24
I live in upstate New York. I use a humidifier in the winter but nothing in the summer and I've never had any cracks.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2001-06-23 16:01
I'll have to admit, although NO TEXANS ALLOWED, I've never had a crack in any of the clarinets I've purchased (since I buy and sell them I've bought way over 75 in the last couple of years). And, I play all over in all kinds of weather and conditions. Just returned from Chicago, so perhaps I can kick in a bit here--although I am a native-born genuine Texas (Fredericksburg, Tx 1950), I've traveled all over the world with my clarinets in the last 40 years of playing them.
I take care about changing conditions and make sure I gradually warm up my instrument. Also, sometimes I do use a humidifier if the room is exceptionally dry due to central heating, conditions, etc. But, not inside the case. Some people use those, but I don't trust them to be accurate. After the first year of the instrument's life the probability of cracks goes down drastically.
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