Klarinet Archive - Posting 000877.txt from 1997/11

From: SDM@-----. Morrow)
Subj: Cracking(Re: top line model for beginner)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 09:14:50 -0500

Is cracking really that common? I've had my clarinet for about 23 years
(Selmer Signet Special), and the only time I've had a crack was when I took
it to England in 1983! It was repaired, and I haven't had any problems
since....
Except that now I've probably jinxed myself...!

-Scott

>(...)
>>me. The only thing where I am careful is that the instrument cracks
>>(often read on this list) or gets other defects because of the
>>following.
>(...)
>>My questions may sound trivial or ridiculous for a person who owns a
>>wooden clarinet (for a long time). But I just have no expierence in
>>these things. Perhaps I am over-sensitive because of the many cracking
>>reports on this list. A wrong impression?
>>
>>Perhaps the safest way for me would be to buy a greenline clarinet,
>>but, I cannot explain why, I do not find them as aesthetic as a (pure)
>>wooden clarinet.
>(...)
>
>Dirk,
>
>before I joined this list, I almost never heard about cracked clarinets (in
>Germany). It seems to me as if cracking of clarinets occurred much more
>often in the U.S. (just my impression from reading the posts on this list).
>And I know lots of clarinetists who use wooden clarinets for marching and
>playing outside, even in winter. (Plastic clarinets are less common.)
>
>So if your fear of cracking is your only reason to buy a Greenline, I think
>you could buy a wooden clarinet as well without worrying.
>
>Karin

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

SDM@-----.edu