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Author: Jenny Jones
Date: 2002-01-15 23:32
Thank you for your response. It is a relief to know they're the same...
I am in a marching band, so them constantly being exposed to outside conditions i think may have weakened them, and then I would accidentally drop them or be taking them apart and then they would just break. The most comon break that has occurred in all my clarinets is the bell breaking off of the clarinet and taking a piece of the really long piece at the bottom? with it. On my last clarinet, the whole mouthpiece shattered and every piece except the barrel was broken.......it was dropped on its mouthpiece. (I am SO clumsy, lol)
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2002-01-16 12:49
Has anyone ever taught you how to properly assemble and disassemble a clarinet? For example, using cork grease; also, gently twisting to put the joints together or take them apart rather than shoving them straight on or pulling them straight off. I'm sure your teacher or a technician at your local music store would be glad to show you how.
I don't think that outside conditions should significantly weaken the plastic of a clarinet. Tens of thousands of high school and college kids march with plastic clarinets every fall without their instruments becoming brittle.
I am also of the opinion that you should be required to buy any future instruments yourself. If your parents have been paying for each replacement instrument, they haven't been doing you any favors. It's surprising how youngsters become less clumsy when they have to suffer the consequences of their own accidents/actions.
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Author: LynnB
Date: 2002-01-16 15:09
You're welcome Jenny. If I remember right (it was a long time ago) the plastic sounded better and was easier to tune than the metal.
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Author: sarah
Date: 2002-01-16 18:28
I'm sure that if you have already ruined five other clarinets that you will find a way to ruin a metal one. Like dropping it in the middle of traffic or something. Or maybe tesing its strength by bending it in half on your knee.
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Author: Peter
Date: 2002-01-16 21:17
Jenny,
"And you can't break metal clarinets, you can just dent them and scratch them."
That may be so, but my money is on you, kid. Now, go out there and wreck it!
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