Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 1997/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Those idiot repair persons
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 21:56:12 -0400

At 07:29 PM 9/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Well Bill, did you ask him how much his work costs?
>
>Roger Garrett
>
>>> At 12:23 AM 9/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> ... Refacing tone holes is , for me, a very common practice, I have to
dress
>> even new clarinet
>> >tone holes to make the pad seat clear of chips or flaws. The amount of
>> material that is removed
>> >is probably on the order of less that .001"...

Repair of manufacturing DEFECTS is within what I said was the local
technicians area of responsibility. Sounds like this guy is pretty close
to me philosophically, and I'll bet reasonably priced.

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.