The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

restoring 5RV mouthpiece

Author: harim0suprem0
Date: 2015-06-02 03:22

Hi everyone,

I'm currently looking into restoring my old Vandoren 5RV lyre clarinet mouthpiece that I used to play on when I was a beginner/intermediate student on the clarinet 5 years ago. It wasn't looked after very well back then, and as a result there are tiny dents on the tip rail and what appears to be many light scratches on the inside of the mouthpiece starting from the throat going all the way up to the tip rail. I'm completely new to this, so I have no idea where to start. Should I use a file or sanding stick to try and remove the scratches inside the throat and baffle? And to reface the tip rail to remove the dents, I just slide the end of the mouthpiece 2 or 3 times over a wet 300 grit sandpaper on a sheet of glass, right?

Any suggestions/advice will be greatly appreciated,

Harim
NZ

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

restoring 5RV mouthpiece

harim0suprem0

2015-06-02 03:22