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Re: GOT IT, maintenance questions... (Had to get another one...)

Author: RAL
Date: 2015-08-09 15:41

At the end I put a thin rolling paper shim in the barrell - which initially gave a slightly tighter fit to the rings, and 3M regular office-style transfer tape to the bell ring, mainly to avoid vibration. Transfer tape is clean and not messy at all to put in and to wipe off the excess. It is also very flexible and compressible, so I thought would put less stress in the wood if/when is swells and expands with humidity.

Now clearly humidity is doing its job, and all rings are really firm, including the bell flare.

Another thing I did is to use good quality fruit scented teabags (I used blackcurrant Twinings tea) to get rid of a slight moldy smell (emphasis on slight) the clarinet had. I thought that if the Vandoren cork grease is apple-scented, fruit smell would be OK. And it worked like a charm. Now the clarinet has a subtle very nice berry smell instead of mold...

...and it plays beautifully! It is becoming my primary clarinet now.

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