Klarinet Archive - Posting 000497.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: crack repair
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 18:51:18 -0400

At 04:38 PM 10/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>-- [ From: the Grouch * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
>
>> << Does anyone on the list have any ideas on how to repair a crack in a
>> clarinet? I have a Selmer 10G that cracked and I'm wondering if I can
>just
>> superglue it. Any suggestions?
>> >>
>The responses to this refer to pinning. Clearly I'm not up on the way
>clarinets are repaired these days. Whatever happened to the old technique
>of shrinking metal bands onto the instrument to pull the crack back together
>?
>--
>Wm Laubengayer
>Credibility is far more important than Capability
>
Pinning seems to be considered superior to banding these days. And being
invisible, is esthetically more pleasing.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.