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Re: Clarinet always stored in case ?

Author: donald
Date: 2022-11-25 10:44

I've had a Buffet double case with the bells attached for about 20 years now. The Bb bell DID at one point get a bit looser than usual, but nothing that a routine of taking the bell off every now and again, and applying cork grease, didn't solve. No real problems other than that (in that time I've had about 4 A clarinets with no issues).
Re the OP, I'd say it's not a problem to leave the instrument set up all day IF it's on a stand. But DO put it away at the end of the day's playing. I've had this routine with Bass clarinet many times in the past with no negative side effects (most recently when preparing for an ACO concert where I was doing about 5 hours of Bass playing a day, but spread out over the whole day due to teaching/parenting commitments).
I actually have a Bass clarinet stand that was quite cheap, under $100 NZ$ new, but has worked as well as the super expensive one I used at APO. Mine was by "Hercules" and a friend uses an identical one for Alto clarinet.

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