Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2021-09-21 01:02
Hi again rmk54. "I have a hard time believing that you can play a wooden instrument at 55 degrees without a problem. Either you are very lucky or your thermometer is off!"
I am not advising anyone else to do what I do.
Luck may enter in. With my thermostat verified by thermometers I have in different rooms, I've followed the practice for 13 years now, alternating my wooden Bb & A R13's day by day. Before playing I warm them by holding both joints between body and arms for maybe 15 minutes; someone (a professional clarinetist from Vermont, actually) told me years ago that it's safer to warm them outside-in that way, as opposed to inside-out by just blowing through them.
During that time of year I also apply bore oil every couple weeks (and every couple months during the summer.)
I've heard two other stories about clarinets cracking in cold rooms. Coincidentally, they were both new instruments, and they both cracked almost immediately after starting play. One of those reports was framed as an example of someone who didn't oil their bores, but given my reading of related threads on this forum, that particular connection doesn't seem rock solid.
Anyway, I hope my luck holds - winter is coming.
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