Author: Djudy
Date: 2022-11-23 23:26
Being a full-time mother, grandmother and wife (make that with double overtime!), life too often gets in the way of clarinet practice. I have always been very careful with my instruments so as not to put them at risk of swelling/drying or cracking, cleaning them thoroughly before putting them in their case. But I'm cramming for 2 upcoming concerts for which I am not yet serene in my contribution and I need to be able to steal as much time as possible to get it all in my head and fingers
My question is : If I minimally swab out my alto between takes, can I leave it out and assembled all day, or even 2 or 3 days? It's a recent (2002) blackwood Selmer.
I am lucky to have a room to work in where family and cats are not allowed. The temperature and humidity is pretty constant right now, 50% at 19.5C. My alto is a real chore to wipe down to go in the case, especially when I can't be sure that I've got enough time to finish a section before I have to jump up to attend to something or someone. I'd like to be able to just put it down and come back to it in an hour or two but each time I see condensation in the joints when I finally break it down I freak out. I do have an ebonite Linton as a backup (if we have to play in the snow say), but it just isn't the same, the keywork is different and it's basically a crap horn just for transcriptions. Can I take the risk with the Selmer of leaving it out and set up all day ? I really need to practice and all the downtime is making it very hard.
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