Klarinet Archive - Posting 000293.txt from 1998/01

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: RE;RE The Darkside
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:02:29 -0500

If the problem is due to leaks, it may just require reseating one or two pads
or replacing one or two. I think you owe it to yourself to do this so that you
can play it while you save up the money for a complete overhaul.

Dee Hays
deerich@-----.net
Canton, SD

Fogle, Bill wrote:

> Michael--
>
> I play the 1010 with a couple of mouthpieces from Daniel Bangham (in U.K.)
> One is a bored-out Vandoren 5RV and the other is a later-model 1010
> mouthpiece. My problem with the instrument, which still has the original
> leather pads, is that I can't produce full-tube tones. My assumption is
> that it leaks somewhere. I still often take out the instrument, but usually
> end up frustrated by the inability to articulate in the middle of the
> scale. I really love the altissimo as well as throat tones! I will not
> submit it for repair until I can afford to have really first-rate work done
> on it. In other respects, the instrument is in good shape. Probably
> manufacured around 1975.
>
> Good luck with the Vintage instruments. I have an A clarinet (Buffet) from
> about 1962 or '63, but I imagine it's too late to be a "vintage Vintage."
> Thanks for the very interesting notes.
> Bill Fogle
> Washington, DC
> bill.fogle@-----.com
> ----------
> > From: reedy <mwhight@-----.uk>
> > To: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.us>
> > Subject: RE;RE The Darkside
> > Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 10:34 AM
> >
> > Thanks Bill
> > Hope you get on to your 1010 soon!
> > I have many old 1010 mouthpieces made by Hawkes, Boosey and Hawkes,
> Rudall
> > Carte,Frank Holdsworth,Kell and others and would be glad to send some
> over
> > if you are having difficulty.In fact I also bought my 1010 second hand
> from
> > Pru Whittaker (RPO) .She has now gone on to Peter Eaton clarinets like
> many
> > ex 1010 players because they share the same flexibility with more
> consistent
> > tuning.Eaton mouthpieces go very well on 1010s as do bored out Portnoys.I
> > have a bored out selmer C85 120 on mine.
> >
> > 1010s can be played in many ways, not just a la Brymer and are a much
> > maligned breed.I tried Thea Kings pair which belonged to her late
> > husband,Frederick Thurston which had quite a close set up and produced a
> > rich but focused tone- not what you would normally expect but what was
> > originally intended.
> >
> > I borrowed her old Buffets for a couple of weeks and ended up keeping
> them
> > for 8 years! They are superb instruments, not perfectly in tune but all
> the
> > more interestng because Buffet seemed to be more concerned with tonal
> > quality than pitch at the time.They shipped instruments with a UK stamp
> on
> > them(serial nos 140000 onwards) and now these instruments are highly
> sought
> > after.I note that they have begun to manufacture a "vintage "clarinet now
> > based on this design and I am going to Paris at the end of the month to
> try
> > them out as well as to talk to Leblanc about their Ambience clarinet
> whichis
> > also promising.I'll let you know how I get on.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Michael Whight