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Author: James
Date: 2002-07-09 17:46
eek.. I live in my parents house and I am still in high school. My family embraces the 104 degree temps with heat index that are sweeping the chicago land area. Some please tell that this is not good for clarinets. I am paranoid my new R13 will warm like a rotting tomato. Also not to mention how uncomfortable it is to play and how your reeds don't work! Arg. Does anyone else agree with this?
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Author: Corey
Date: 2002-07-09 18:26
yes i do..it gets into the upper 90's/lower 100's here and it does worry me sometimes. My house is air conditioned and i never play my clarinet out doors so i dont worry about it much
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Author: Matt
Date: 2002-07-09 18:56
I'm not sure that hot weather would be bad for a clarinet. There would not be a large temperature gradient between inside bore & outside body so you wouldn't need to worry about different expansion. As far as humidity, I played the 4th of July parade & concert here in VT (95 degrees) and for the first time the I remember my clarinet was totally and completely dry at the end of the show/parade. There was NO moisture in the bore of the clarinet. A little in the MPC but not a drop anywhere else.
I still played my Vito though!
MOO,
Matt
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Author: Ella
Date: 2002-07-09 21:00
I live in a place where it can get to be about 110 degrees during mid-afternoon in august. When I was beginning marching I took my clarinet (a Buffet B10) out with me in that weather for band camp. It would become completely unplayable at times, by the end of that week I started renting a plastic clarinet. I still cringe to think about what I did. However, my friend is an oboist and she happened to have a B12 from the two months in 5th grade band when she decided to play clarinet. She marched with it for the whole season and it still plays fairly well. You can never be too cautious, though.
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Author: Jean
Date: 2002-07-09 21:08
My clarinet would barely play the other day in the heat and humidity. It was the pads, not the wood that I was having troubles with swelling. If I must play outdoors in this weather I don't play my Rossi outdoors, but instead play another clarinet which cost considerably less money.
Jean
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-07-09 22:50
James: just be thankful your parents can provide a roof over your head much less maintain a cool house for your expensive R-13. And as we Chicagoans say, "If you don't like the weather, stick around because it will change."
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2002-07-09 22:54
Bob, I thought that was Nashville's slogan.
I never find an opportunity to play my clarinet outdoors, which is a very good thing, considering that right now here in TN the weather is VERY dynamic. Humid afternoons to dry desert air during the same day. It's enough to make me cringe at the thought of band camp in two weeks...
(Nobody say "One time, at band camp...", please!)
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Author: Jean
Date: 2002-07-09 23:57
Band camp...I am going to band camp in 2 weeks!!! And one time when I was there a mosquito flew off with my music...
And no, that slogan belongs to Minnesota!!!
Jean
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Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-07-11 11:16
I live in the Maritimes in Canada and the weather here is freezing, and i mean cold. Sometime below 0 at -10 to- 20 degrees celsuis in the winter. Your instruments at least are getting moisture from the air even if it is hot, it is reaaly sudden changes in the weather that really present a cause for concern. I certainly wouldn't leave them in the sun, your only problem may be with coming into an air conditioned building that is really cold with your clarinet. A dehumidifier may also help a bit as well if you think the room you store it in is too moist. i personally don't recommend playing outside in the sun but under a shady tree...take care DD
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Author: Julie
Date: 2002-07-11 19:43
David Pegel,
Yes, TN weather right now is annoyingly dymanic. I'm at band camp in TN right now and there have been various occasions when my teacher had me stick my clarinet (Buffet E11) in the freezer (for maybe 30sec. max) because it wouldn't come apart. No damage yet, but a couple of other people's clarinets have cracked and someones oboe did too.
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2002-07-12 14:16
Nothing's worse than a cracked oboe. Ouch!
In the freezer!? At least there's no damage yet!
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-07-12 18:31
The freezer idea sounds rather drastic to me; it certainly is not one I'd come up with......
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-07-15 11:58
zorro wrote:
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> diagree with the freezer
And your point? Why? Have youi tried it? Are you guessing?
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2002-07-15 13:22
It always seems to be the barrel joint that jams too tight to separate by a forceful twist. That is possibly because it is more difficult to get a really good grip on the barrel because it is smaller.
In these cases I attempt to 'bend' the clarinet at the tenon. The joint opens up the tiniest sliver, on the 'tension' side. While 'bent', insert a thin shim - I use metal - in this tiny gap. Then bend it the other way, and this time I insert a similar or thicker shim. By alternating one way then the other, and using thicker and thicker shims, the joint eventually comes unstuck, with no damage.
I don't think there is any hope of breaking the tenon by doing this, although there could be if it was done at the centre joint, where where greater leverage can be exerted and the tenon is smaller.
When a joint is this stuck it is sometimes due to the entire tenon cork 'bonded' with the socket. Common on instruments that have been left assembled and unplayed for years.
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-07-16 15:00
Gordon, thanks for a solution I wouldn't have dared try on my own
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