Klarinet Archive - Posting 000509.txt from 1996/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Repair info.
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 21:34:05 -0400

Scott,
In true American can-do style, you are asking for a how-to-do-
something-people-study-for-years-to-learn reply. This is why there are
repairmen. I learned by building up a relationship with my repairmen and
asking lots of questions (along with reading up on it). There are quite a
few woodwind repair manuals. The one which comes to mind is the "Eric
Brand Band Instrument Repair" guide. I don't know where to get it but I'm
sure some other people here do. That should be your first step. You need
to get a certain amount of specialized equipment (some of it rather
esoteric and some which you'll have to learn to make yourself) in order
to "do-it-yourself". It will be a useful learning experience but you
really won't be able to get the proper advice over the internet, any more
than you'd get the instructions on rebuilding your car engine over it.
It's a process of observing someone else do it and then asking lots of
questions while it's happening.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Scott Lipcon wrote:

> Hi... I've played clarinet for a while, and I recently graduated from
> high school. This means that I no longer need my old Bundy (I have had a
> Buffet for a few years, but I used the Bundy at school, leaving it in a
> locker). It needs a bit of repair (minor) and I thought it would be fun
> to do it myself. If I mess up, it doesn't matter, since I wont be using
> it much. What it needs is a few pads, and at least one tenon cork. I
> need the following info:
>
> 1) How do I measure the pads, so I get the right ones?
> 2) Where would I get individual pads?
> 3) Where would I get bits of cork for the tenon joints?
> 4) How do you put on the cork?
>
> I know a lot of the repair people on the list will tell me that it should
> be done professionally, but I'm not interested in spending a lot of money
> (in fact, if I don't do it myself, the clarinet will spend the rest of
> its life in my closet, rotting). I am pretty good with my hands, and I
> have taken it apart fully several times for cleaning and other very minor
> repairs (reattaching pads, adding a bit of cork here + there, etc..)
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
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