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Author: oboeidaho
Date: 2010-09-07 23:12
I was taught to always put my horns away after a practice session, but now that just getting the horns out to practice takes 1/2 an hour (!) ok, probably less than that but still...is there any downside to leaving instruments together if they are in a climate controlled room - swabbed out and on pegs or stands? For oboes/clarinets does this do bad things to the cork?
Thanks!
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Author: Jaysne
Date: 2010-09-11 02:16
I think that if you're playing them regularly, it shouldn't harm them.
But you need to play them. I made a stand for my bassoon and would always store it on the stand, fully assembled, after I finished practicing each day. But then I went for a period of several months without touching it. It was sitting upright on the stand the whole time. When I finally got around to playing it again, it was unplayable. Some of the keys had come out of adjustment from sitting so long, all the while fighting the force of gravity. I had to get my tech guy to fix it.
But, then I went for many months where I was practicing every day and leaving it on the stand each night, and had no problems. So the key is that you're playing your horns. And I think it's much more critical for the more delicate instruments, such as oboe and bassoon, then perhaps for sax and clarinet. I would also recommend taking the sax and clarinet mouthpieces off so the cork can breathe.
Post Edited (2010-09-11 02:18)
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