Klarinet Archive - Posting 000569.txt from 1996/04

From: Bill Fogle <bfogle@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Prestige wood
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 13:27:38 -0400

Steve----what do you attribute "checks" to? The wet/dry cycle? What? I
ahev checking on a new Selmer.
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Bill Fogle
Washington, DC
bfogle@-----.edu
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Nate,

John Spicknall, one of my colleagues at ISU, has a Prestige. The top
joint has numerous checks and I've already pinned a crack. The wood
seems meally, almost like it was over-oiled (which it has not been).
I'm really dissapointed in the quality of the wood.

Steve.
Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu