Klarinet Archive - Posting 000592.txt from 1996/12

From: Carl Anderson <canderso@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Cracked clarinet
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 18:02:58 -0500

Many years ago I was fortunate enough to do some apprentice work with an
old german repairman in New Orleans. He always maintained that if a horn
is going to crack, it will crack and will play better after it is
repaired. The cracking relieves tension in the wood. Maybe just an old
wives tale.
Carl Anderson <canderso@-----.edu>

On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, Ed Wojtowicz wrote:

> I recently had the same experience with a student. My gut feeling was to tell
> her to have it pinned, because at least there would be the chance that it
> would play the same, being the same instrument. My feeling is that if the
> joint was replaced, odds are much greater that it would play differently as
> it would essentially be a different instrument.
> Incidentally though, her father did not agree, his feeling being that they
> paid good money for the instrument and that it was now inferior or damaged
> goods. He wants to go with replacement.
>
> Ed
>