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Re: Clarinet always stored in case ?

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2022-11-24 00:46

I have exactly this problem when I'm working up to an exam. I'm also a Mum. I am at home all day, so theoretically have time and privacy to practise, but I have constant lengthy interruptions, at random times. If I have to assemble the instrument and dry and disassemble, it gets really hard to fit in any playing.

Back when I did my grade 1 exam, I kept my vintage clarinet assembled on the stand and played it for 10 minutes several times a day. At the end of the two weeks there was a hairline crack in the top of the top joint at the front. It was only 1/2 mm deep, but it did seem like a warning sign.

I always dry my Yamaha now, but I bought a better silk pull-through that is much quicker to use then the old cotton one and I just got much faster at drying.

I still find assembly difficult and time-consuming, mainly because I am only just strong enough to drive the joints together. I can only manage it if I put the bell on first and put the end of the bell flat against my knee and push down on the joints with all my strength and both hands.

I also have a plastic practise clarinet, but it is very different from my wooden one.

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