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oboclar
(40 points)
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Hai,
Today after I practiced I tried to take the brrel out of the top joint and it won`t come off. I put cork grease on it right before I played and it still won`t come off. I have a wooden clarinet so is it possible that it expanded? If anyone knows how to unstick it let me know.
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JOhnlovemusic
(399 points)
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You might try sticking the stuck parts in the refrigerator for 1 or 2 hours.
Not the freezer, only the refregerator.
See if the swelling goes down.
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Canadian
(649 points)
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sometimes when my oboe reed gets stuck, I blow very fast and hot air into/around it, and it seems to work for me!
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tessellation
(39 points)
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I've noticed my corks have been a little snug this summer too. I'd try to keep it in a cool place when you're not using it.
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Micron
(1365 points)
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Method 1: Get a person with stronger arms/wrists/fingers to twist it off.
Method 2:
Bend the barrel-body joint as if you were trying to break the clarinet in half at this point. A tiny gap will open between the two parts. Insert something thin such as a razor blade in that gap. Now bend the join the OTHER way, and insert something else. Now bend the first way again, and insert something a little thicker than the razor blade. Then do likewise bending the other way. Etc, etc, until it is free enough to twist off.
Your problem is indeed that the timber is jamming. Take it to a technician to get adjusted. This is very common for new instruments in a humid climate. The other tenons are probably jamming too. A tell-tale sign is shiny, burnished timber either end of the cork.
But get decent cork grease too. Either Alisyn, or one of the two from Doctors Products. Not the crap that comes with instrument, even if it has a brand name like Buffet on the container.
http://www.aerospacelubricants.com/alisyn/default.html
http://www.doctorsprod.com/DrsProduct.html
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oboclar
(40 points)
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Thanks Everyone. I gave my clarinet to my teacher and he was able to pull it off for me, and I will bring it in to get the corks shaved down soon.
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dickdona
(230 points)
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It's not the corks that are expanding - it's the wood. My clarinet does that betimes. I have to gently (very gently) crank it back and forth a few times and it comes loose. But it's the wood that does the expanding and the sticking. I make sure to put cork grease on the wood below the cork also before I play. This helps. Also if I have to stop playing for a half hour or so I take the clarinet apart and leave it on the table like that til I come back. I left it together all night once and I thought I would have to saw it apart it got so tight. So now I'm more careful.
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