Klarinet Archive - Posting 001024.txt from 1997/08

From: Geoff Chadwick <geoff.chadwick@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Pad question
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 17:21:07 -0400

In message <3.0.1.32.19970820224204.00705944@-----.com>
Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com> writes:

> Frankly, I still think some of this is oversold hype. If an instrument of
> the level of an R-13 needs these fixes immediately after leaving the
> factory, it should have been rejected! (I'll give you the teflon thing, a
> $20 fix.) I hate to think these instruments are so shabbily made and
> poorly designed that they need this kind of attention before they will play
> properly. I can't believe that more than minute differences can be made.
> But it's your money, and mine, too (about $.02 worth).

I agree that an overhaul of the type discussed is a bit much for a
new instrument, but there is a retailer here in England (Taunton)
that won't let you leave the shop until he has spent some serious
time setting up the instument to match the player. At no extra cost
too, and most of his instruments are discounted (but not as much as
in the USA). Perhaps that is all what is needed, something like the
new car delivery service!

Chad