Klarinet Archive - Posting 000227.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re:
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:35:32 -0400

You know, I was thinking about these comments after I posted a reply, and
I realized.....shouldn't we all be concerned about the repairperson...even
if we are NOT skilled? An unskilled player does not have to know that
good work has been done. To Take Bill's posting....I really don't know
everything that the repairman has done to my vehicle....that is, to
have a blueprint of it and understand the blueprint, but I want it to
work as perfectly as it was designed to. Buffet clarinets were designed
to specification, but the fact is....they do not sell at specification.
Quite frankly, anyone who believes that ANY clarinet is sold at
specification, is naive. Let's face facts......the horn will play better
with the right new instrument service. I have had it done to my Eb, D,
Bb, A, Basset Horn, and Bass clarinetets.....and if anyone is going to
question the validity of the process...go throught the process first, or
DON'T POST AN OPINION THAT IS LACED WITH AUTHORITY. Also, if you are not
"skilled" enough to know the difference, don't challenge those that do.

Roger Garrett

> On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
> > At 09:45 PM 9/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
> > >All good repairmen/ww experts get into the wood. If they didn't, the job
> > >would be pointless......
> > >
> > >Roger Garrett
> > >
> > I suppose that top technicians, seeking to tweak the last .0001% out of an
> > instrument for a professional client will make alterations to the wood, but
> > anyone who attempts such work without authorization to a normal Joe's
> > clarinet, especially if he doesn't know what he is doing, is a complete
> > idiot. Even if the surgery is successful, the difference will be too small
> > for a relatively unskilled player to notice. And the potential downside
> > makes it a very bad risk. You don't need your car engine blueprinted to
> > drive it to the corner grocery once a week.
> >
> > Note that I am talking only about "improvements" that the technician thinks
> > he can make. Several horror stories have been posted showing what can go
> > wrong when incompetent people bite off more than they can chew. Not that a
> > technician shouldn't do it IF the customer wants it, but he had better be
> > DA*N sure he knows what he is doing, and be prepared to eat it if he screws
> > up. If there are legitimate PROBLEMS, such as manufacturing defects or
> > physical damage, any competent technician should be expected to handle
> > that. All of the above IMHO, of course.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
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