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Clarinet is always stuck

Author: jayhong426
Date: 2017-02-13 09:03

So I got a new clarinet (buffet crampon festival Bb) a few days ago and I've been having trouble with assembling/disassembling the clarinet. It assembles well until it hits the wood part of the tenon, it gets really hard to put it. and when I disassemble the clarinet, its really hard to take it off. I am worried because I dont want to bend the keys, but i have to use alot of strength to take it off. the top part of the upper joint is fine, but the lower part of upper joint and lower part of lower joint has problems putting on and off. Although i play for a long time, (3x 30 minutes of playing and 1 hour of rests) I always swab it out and put it away. Everytime I assemble the clarinet and after I disassemble it, I use cork grease to see if it helps or not. The problem has been happening since I got it and its been 2 weeks. The same thing happened for my previous clarinet and for my previous clarinet, i got it sanded but the upper and lower joint was unstable and wobbled a bit when i pulled it out. Does this happen to most new clarinets? I dont really want to bend and ruin my new and expensive clarinet so what can i do?

Post Edited (2017-02-13 09:29)

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