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Author: Joseph O'Kelly
Date: 2001-08-21 14:46
I just thought I'd share this funny occurance that just happned to me. A friend of mine in the clarinet section in marching band had a pad fall out on him. I told him I'd replace it with a new pad. I took it home and replaced the old pad. I then noticed that another pad was on its death bed. I replaced that one also. Upon play testing the instrument another pad fell out. This went on and I ended up having to replace all the pads on the lower joint and three on the upper joint. I thought it was going to be an easy job of replacing one pad. That's what happens when your band director makes you practice in heavy rain.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2001-08-21 16:45
Joseph -
Do you know what kind of cement was NOT holding those pad in? Did you use a different kind for the replacements? And (last third degree question :|) did you scrape all the old glue out before you re-padded?
I could be mistaken but I don't know that rain alone would cause pads to come unstuck. Might ruin 'em but, to come unglued? hmmm....
Bill the director for your services :])
- ron b -
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Author: jbutler
Date: 2001-08-22 01:03
Sounds like to me the pads were put in with shellac which wasn't heated to a high enough temperature to form a good bond with the pad. I've seen them fall out with this related problem and the backs of the pads had no sign of anything sticking to them.
John
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Author: Joseph O'Kelly
Date: 2001-08-22 02:02
The pads didn't fall out, they fell apart. The felt part broke out of the skin.
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Author: jbutler
Date: 2001-08-22 03:37
Quite right, if moisture got through the bladder to the backing, then they would separate from the felt.
John
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Author: Jim
Date: 2001-08-22 04:40
Whenever one lightbulb burns out, I know the rest of them in the house will soon follow...
I had a mechanic friend who would tell his customers "You can't run s**t!" (Of course you had to look at his truck!)
This sounds like the kind of lousy job I usually get stuck with. (Not on the clarinet though, that's about the only thing I won't fix.)
It's a shame band directors aren't smart enough to come in from the rain. (When the drummers have to tip the drums to let the rain drain from the heads in order to play, that's a good clue.)
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Author: SALT
Date: 2001-08-22 05:41
Our director is usually good about getting the woodwinds out of the rain if he can but if it's an important practice then he'll have you tough it. Today at band camp it started sprinkling....just barely anything, and he had the clarinets run up and put their horns away then come back down to practice.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-08-22 12:08
Playing woodwind in the rain is as silly as driving a car at speed through sea water.
Is that a disease yet to hit NZ? I hope not!
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Author: Sue B
Date: 2001-08-22 15:59
In the OLDEN days I think we had a rain poncho that went with the uniform and in the rain you just tuck the instrument under it and play.
I think we even had a way to rig it so the music stuck out but the clarinet was underneath. Not a perfect solution and only kept some of the water out of the clarinets but it's one of the only marching instruments that you could play under the poncho.
Try that with a trombone or flute for that matter.
Sue
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Author: Jo
Date: 2001-08-23 01:09
I had a couple of pads fall out of a really old, really nasty back up University clarinet at a hockey game. The game was going to start and we needed to play- I fixed them with bubble gum and I believe they are still there. Hey, when in a pinch, improvise! (I would never try this on my R13, of course!
Jo
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