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Author: Bb
Date: 2002-01-17 01:08
OK, I just got a new pro clarinet a week and a half ago, and the paper says only to play it for 30 minutes a day. Do they mean 30 minutes total?? or 30 minutes now and then 30 minutes 2 hours after.
Which one???
(it's a buffet vintage R13)
thanks!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-01-17 01:32
By the way...You will get a better response to your question if people know the topic to which it about.
"Please read!!!!" really serves no purpose...GBK
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-01-17 01:48
Are you exicted about the clarinet - sounds like very good news.
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Author: ?!
Date: 2002-01-17 05:53
Gbk always seems to know everything, now doesn't he..?
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Author: Emms
Date: 2002-01-17 10:31
Bb, I think if it says 30 mins per day, it means just that, not 30 mins now and 30 later.
?! Maybe GBK does.He's always full of information that I've certainly found useful.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-01-17 12:21
Thanks Emms...Your check should arrive in 3 to 5 days...GBK
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Author: William
Date: 2002-01-17 15:52
The subject of clarinet care and breaking in periods have been dicussed before--both pro and con--and I don't recall a clear consensious of opinion. My own (unscientific) conclusion, based upon personal experiance over a lifetime of owning and playing wood clarinets, is that there is no need to "break in" a clarinet nor oil the bore. I have done neither regarding the use of my 13+ personal instruments--Buffet, Selmer, Yamaha and LeBlanc--and have never experianced any incident of cracking. Regular swabing of the bore seems to be the only care that is really needed--other than not subjecting the clarinet to rapid temperature change (ex--playing a concert on your clarinet immedantly after bringing it in from spending a night in your mid-winter frozen car without letting it first warm up naturally) The bore of your clarinet may change over time, but this is normal with any wood instrument and is not a result of improper "breaking in" nor how badly out of tune you play--just some morning humour (sorry). My recomendation is that you swab after every use--even clean the tendon sleeves of residual moisture--and practice or play as long as your embouchure will allow. But most important--Enjoy your new clarinet, and Good Clarineting!!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-01-17 23:16
The term 'break-in' seems to have two meanings: One is to adapt the instrument to environment(more specifically, the wood absorbs moisture and prevent cracking by the local differences of dryness). Another is to let the horn sound easy or emit its fullest sound, i.e. 'tame' it.
I have a Conet(Besson 928-2). It does not need the first kind of break-in(it is made of brass!) but the paper says 3-6 months are necessary to beak-in(brass people seem to use this term in the second kind if meaning without definition, i.e. when the cornet starts to emit its fullest sound) and at that point they recommend the owner to bring it the dealer to check and re-adjust the horn for free.
There are people who think this phenomenon occurs because the directions of molecules consisting of membrain are rectifeid(but without any scientific evidence). Moreover, there are also people who think that if instruments are broken-in by the more advanced players(meaning playing in broader ranges and volumes), the more easy to blow they become(but only by their experience).
This may seem almost superstitious. But I read a book on trombone written by Dennis Wick(ex-London Symphony Orchestra) and published by Oxford publishing co., where he writes an interesting anecdote:one of his students complained to DW he has difficulty to emit D. DW played D by it several times and returned it to the student and let him play D by it. The student found he now can play that D quite easily. So these things may happen.
What about clarienets?
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Author: Mary
Date: 2002-01-18 03:42
I take it as thirty minute chunks, possible a couple times a day but with lots of rest in between. A clarinet doesn't know how long 24 hours is! There are a lot of schools of thought on breaking instruments in- seems to me that the idea is to not let the wood get overly saturated inside with condensation in its first days of being played. Then again, if a piece of wood is defective and more vulnerable than usual to cracking, maybe you want it to crack while it's still under warranty! (I haven't ever operated that way, but there is a certain logic...)
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Author: Bea Starr
Date: 2002-01-21 18:32
A few monthes ago I got a new Buffett E11 that had the same note with it as well- only play for 30 minutes a day for the first month to reduce the risk of cracking and to break in the instrument. I interperted the note as ONLY play the clarinet for 30 minutes a day. But, I may have been wrong so don't jump on me for saying that. Good Clarinetting!!
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