Klarinet Archive - Posting 000670.txt from 1997/03

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Pinned clarinets
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 12:54:19 -0500

>Are there any major problems likely to occur with a clarinet once it has
>been pinned? We are considering purchasing an R13 that appears to have
>had some work done in the speaker key area. It is about seven years old
>but we do not know when the work was done. Also how much does pinning
>affect the value?

I played for years on a horn that had been pinned before I got it
(lower joint, almost into (not quite!) the first tone hole). We did
get an "outside" opinion on the work before buying (if you don't feel
comfortable making the judgement yourself, I would _strongly_
recomend it) , but I played it for fifteen years.
well then and
Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
2105 Independence Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64124
email: dikarius@-----.EDU