Klarinet Archive - Posting 000441.txt from 1995/12

From: Donald Yungkurth <DYungkurth@-----.COM>
Subj: E/B Cracked Selmer
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 00:16:01 -0500

Bill Fogle writes,

>I have an old Selmer I bought in NY last year with a thin >crack running
from the top of the LH joint to near the A >key [*please* abide my
non-professional quality >terminology!]. Anyway, the instrument plays well
>*except* for low E in chaleumeau/B in clarion which >*cannot be sounded*.
My question to anyone who may >find the subject interesting is: do you think
it's the crack, >or is this a bad pad job? It looks to have been hastily
>padded before sale.

If everything plays except the E and B, it most certainly is not the fault of
the crack and is likely a pad problem. This doesn't mean that the crack
can't open up and cause problems. If you want to use the instrument, have
the crack pinned and the pad(s) fixed.

Don Yungkurth (DYungkurth@-----.com)

   
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