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Re: How easy is it to play clarinet if you already play soprano saxophone?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-12-29 16:45
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To avoid damage the mechanism during assembly/disassembly, hold the joints as shown in the attachments and keep the tenon corks sufficiently greased (neither too much nor too little cork grease).

1st photo: Holding the upper joint in the left hand (and ONLY in the left hand) as well as holding down the ring keys and throat A key as that raises the linkage.
- Get into the practice of holding the throat A key down as that's vitally important if you go on to playing bass clarinet (or some makes of alto clarinet) which may have an extra linkage between the joints that's raised by the throat A key and will prevent it getting mashed up during assembly/disassembly.

2nd, 3rd and 4th photos: Holding the lower joint in the right hand (and ONLY in the right hand) as well as holding the large pad cups closed as you won't bend anything that way. Don't hold down or use any of the RH touchpieces to get leverage as they bend easily and that will throw the adjustment out.

As you control the top joint with your left and and lower joint with your right hand, that will make it easy to remember which joint should be held with which hand and that applies whether you're right or left-handed. And when holding or carrying the clarinet, hold it by the lower joint in your right hand and not by the top joint just for safety's sake as a loose or wobbly middle tenon could mean the lower joint (and bell) could drop off under its own weight.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2022-12-29 17:45)

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