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Author: RefacerMan
Date: 2025-07-14 19:38
I have a Buffet clarinet barrel that has the top ring put on upside down. It is stuck on there really tightly. Is there any way to safely remove the ring so it can be put on correctly? Thanks for any info.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2025-07-14 21:05
If it's upside down then it likely fell and someone attached it back the wrong way... which means it might not be attached very hard, or they secured it particularly hard...
I guess it might be worth trying gripping with a rubber matte or some other none slip material, though slim chance it would work.
If it's a press fit, the only realistic way is to use something extremely thin (like a razor blade) and very carefully pushing it between the ring and the barrel shoulder, using gradually thicker things.
Unless it was glued, and then it's a guess what glue was used. Heating it could loosen the glue but heating the ring without heating the barrel itself is tricky and could require special tools.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2025-07-14 22:56
I use a grenadilla block with a wedged tip which is held firmly against the edge of the socket ring turnings to get purchase, then tap it with a mallet to ease it off.
Do that on opposite sides with each strike and go all around the entire circumference of the socket ring to remove it. Once you get a gap forming between the socket ring and the barrel, then use that to gain better purchase against the lower edge of the socket ring.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repair Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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