Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 1994/02

From: Jordan Selburn <jselburn@-----.COM>
Subj: Dan spills the beans
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 11:49:51 -0500

Dan Leeson writes:
>I also want everyone to know that I saw Clark Fobes today with a repair
>problem on one of my instruments. Clark is northern California's big
>cheese on clarinet repair and his mouthpieces are becoming better and
>better known. While I was there, I saw a letter from Drucker on his
>board congratulating him on the mouthpiece that he got from Clark and
>saying how much he was enjoying using it (and Drucker bought
>the mouthpiece, too - it was not a freebie).
>
>Welcome Clark!!!

Well, now everyone is going to now about Clark, and I'll no longer have the
secret advantage of my Fobes mouthpiece (or my Fobes barrel - but we all
know those have no impact on sound, heh heh). I have to second Dan on
Clark as a repair guru. He really takes care to make sure that an
instrument feels right as well as plays correctly. He fixed a good number
of intonation problems by replacing the vent tube in my 30-year old R13 -
how many people would even know about something like that?
Anyway, I hope that this is posted before Clark starts reading messages or
his prices will go up. And Clark, I have a slight rattle in one of my keys
- could you . . .?

Jordan