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Clarinet Maintenance Tools
Clarinet Parts
Determining Wood vs. Plastic Clarinets
Cleaning & Oiling a Clarinet Bore
Fixing Clarinet Key Corks
Fixing Clarinet Springs
Replacing a Clarinet Tenon Cork
Fixing Clarinet Pads
Fixing Bent Clarinet Keys
Oiling Clarinet Keys
Cleaning a Clarinet without Disassembling
Cleaning a Clarinet Mouthpiece
Reasons a Clarinet Will Not Play
Assembling a Clarinet
Daily Clarinet Maintenance
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Summary: A clarinet is made up of several parts, including the mouthpiece, ligature and barrel. Learn more about the basic clarinet parts with tips from an instrument repair expert in this free clarinet maintenance video.
Amanda Cribb has played various instruments for the past 20 years. She has been repairing instruments for more than 10 years. She graduated with an Associates Degree in Band Instrument...read more
"Now, I'm going to tell you about the parts of the clarinet. We'll start off with the top, here. This is the mouthpiece, of course that goes on the top of the instrument. This is a ligature, which holds on the reed, on the mouthpiece, and the mouthpiece cap, which actually protects your mouthpiece when it's in the case, or actually when your instrument, you're not playing it and it's on the stand, or something in between songs. Put that cap on there, and that will protect your mouthpiece. Next up, is the barrel. This barrel actually comes in a couple of different sizes for tuning purposes, and then we have our upper joint, our main joint here, which consists of the register key and your trill keys, and then we have our lower section, our lower joint here that we're, the bell which is pretty much, for tuning purposes only. If you did not have this on your clarinet, you would not be able to play your low B flat on the instrument, and those are the parts of the clarinet."
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