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Re: barrel and mouthpiece stuck

Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-01-21 03:46

If it's a relatively new clarinet, then that's normal for the tenon rings to bind in the sockets. It's because the tenons have swollen and the sockets have shrunk with the increased humidity from playing which isn't a massive amount of shrinkage/expansion, but still enough to cause barrels and bells to bind.

Your repairer should only remove a miniscule amount of the wood from the tenon rings to cure this and also to be sure both tenons and sockets fit well and neither bind nor end up wobbly.

Whatever you or anyone else does, please don't sand the cork down as the cork isn't the issue here - cork will compress and when sufficiently greased, will ensure the joints go together and hold well.

Binding tenons and sockets can't be cured by adding more cork grease, but the tenon corks should still be greased regularly but not completely smothered with grease nor left to dry out.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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