Klarinet Archive - Posting 000236.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Kids Today
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 23:22:28 -0400

>
>How about the teachers that won't take your instrument in to get fixed even
>though you tell them it's broke and it constantly keeps breaking? Even
>though the student treats it with respect. At my school, for some odd
>reason, the woodwind instruments (school owned) are overlooked when the
>time comes to bring them in for repairs each summer. But of course, he can
>buy all new french horns, euphoniums and percussion equipment!!!
> Amy
>
Let me guess: the director is a brass/percussion player. Don't ask me how
you get through to someone like that, but woodwind instruments are
high-maintenance. With proper care they last a long time. Maybe you can
tell him you don't care how they look as long as they are made playable.
That or buy a book on instrument repair. Try "Practical Band Instrument
Repair Manual" by Clayton H. Tiede, published by Wm. C. Brown Company,
Dubuque, Iowa. But blow off all info on shellac. Use Micro Pad and Cork
Cement or hot glue for pads, contact cement for cork. Good luck!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.