Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 1969/12
From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Blowout..urban myth mostly
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500
Take it out and throw it in the trash. It is constantly decomposing and filling your clarinet toneholes with fuzz. Satin is much nicer looking anyway??
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>From: myrnabs@-----.net
>Sent: Sep 23, 2007 2:59 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Blowout..urban myth mostly
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>This is great information, but how on earth would one replace the lining with satin, silk or polyester without ruining it? I would sure love to know this!
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>As a clarinet is played the toneholes fill with old breakfast, and minerals and lots of case fuzz and sometimes swab fuzz. Wood in the toneholes can also flake out, or the manufacturer may have made a mess of the toneholes. Bits of wood also flake out of the tops of tone holes and have to be filled. The tone holes must be cleaned out NON-INTRUSIVELY. With a proper overhaul a clarinet will often be BETTER afterwards than it was when it was new. It will help a LOT to gut and re-cover the inside of the case with satin---silk or polyester--and get rid of the awful fuzzy stuff that sheds and winds up in the toneholes. It is true that a harsh swab can, over time, wear a bore. Certainly a swab can easily ruin a mouthpiece. Most of the stuff that goes around about "blownout" is simply problems that can be solved by a good repairman. Gutting and re-lining a case with satin most of you can do, and prevent a great deal of problems.
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>If you have a clarinet that you fear may be getting old, send it out, that is our business--making them great again, often BETTER than when new.
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>It is true that a clarinet CAN wear out but generally this is urban myth. Don't fall prey to urban myth.
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>Kurt
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>Master Clarinet Repairman
>(831) 425-5658
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: myrnabs@-----.net
>>Sent: Sep 22, 2007 10:30 PM
>>To: klarinet@-----.org
>>Subject: Re: [kl] Blowout (was McGinnis)
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>>I know this is a bit late, but I've sort of lost track of this blowout topic. Will someone please put me out of my misery and tell me what this means or how would one know when our clarinet is blownout? I'm starting to freak out because my clarinet is 18 years old, and I don't want to be caught in a situation like this. I am going to be having my senior recital in about 10 months this is the last thing that I need at this time. TIA!
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>>Myrnabs
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>>----- Original Message ----
>>From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
>>To: klarinet@-----.org
>>Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:51:08 PM
>>Subject: Re: [kl] Blowout (was McGinnis)
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>>Karl,
>>Then you haven't been listening. I can't remember any posts that say
>>that ALL clarinets will blow out. There are many instruments which have
>>been used regularly over decades and haven't blown out. However, people
>>like Stanley Drucker replace their instruments periodically because
>>they don't want to get caught like I did: without a well-chosen
>>replacement. And, of course, because they can afford to. I was lucky; I
>>found a replacement instrument which satisfied me quite quickly.
>>However, I still had to struggle through a concert and dirty looks from
>>the conductor.
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>>The puzzling aspect of this phenomenon is that most clarinets DON'T
>>blow out. Why is anyone's guess, tho I suspect it has something to do
>>with the fact that most of them aren't played as hard or as often as
>>the ones which have blown out. Buffet still has it's head in the sand
>>and refuses to admit that blow-out exists. Of course, they swear that
>>all their instruments tune perfectly too...
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>>Fred Jacobowitz
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>>Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
>>Ebony and Ivory Duo
>>On Sep 22, 2007, at 11:37 PM, Karl Krelove wrote:
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>>> But, Fred, when players talk about blow-out, I don't generally hear (or
>>> read) that it's something that only happens to some instruments.
>>> Usually,
>>> it's cited as the reason why clarinets need to be replaced routinely
>>> on some
>>> periodic basis - 4-5 years depending on who it is. The suggestion is
>>> that
>>> it's an inevitable result of the clarinet's aging. Something may well
>>> have
>>> happened to your instrument with the result that you describe, but
>>> that's
>>> not what I've generally heard described as "blown-out."
>>>
>>> Karl
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Fred Jacobowitz [mailto:fbjacobo@-----.net]
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>>>> The point is, blow out seems impossible to someone to whom it has not
>>>> happened. Kind of like how light must be for a blind man. However, I
>>>> am
>>>> ready to swear on all things dear that my instrument did blow out. And
>>>> I'll fight any varmint what says otherwise! ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Fred Jacobowitz
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