Klarinet Archive - Posting 000750.txt from 1998/03

From: "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
Subj: Re: An Experience Worth Sharing
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:21:17 -0500

How does one go about meeting this Mr. Kloc? He sounds like the god of
instrument repair. It is a field I have many times considered going into.
I wonder if he takes on people to learn the skills of a repairman. I have a
very difficult time trusting my Buffet R-13 to anybody. There is only one
person I have ever trusted to do any repair on it, myself. I have never
needed a major repair, but I live out it the boondocks. If I ever did need
to have it fixed, I would be completely lost. While I am at it, I live in
NW Pennsylvania. Anybody have recommendations for a repairman in this
area?-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Rose McKenna <jrm0013@-----.edu>
Cc: klarinet@-----.us>
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 8:07 PM
Subject: re: An Experience Worth Sharing

>Hello,
> I agree with you about Mr. Kloc, I had the experience of meeting
>with him when he was up here, at UNT, about 4 months ago. I am new at
>wooden clarinets, only haveing my wooden one for about a year now, and i
>had some adjustments that i was not aware that were needed, i had new pads
>put on to help deter water on my side keys, and he took down the tenons on
>my upper joint. It was amazing, he did a great job and was very nice.
>since then i have noticed other problems with my horn, and Mr. Kloc should
>be returning to UNT sometime soon, and when he does I hope he can help me
>agian. Any of you who can get in contact with him, for repairs, should
>because he is very knowledgeable, and will let you know exactly what he
>was doing(except of course if you don't want to know, like the time he was
>taking down the tenon, and it made tht awful scraping sound and i thought
>he was going to break my baby(my horn), i turned my head and tried not too
>look :-). )
>
>jennifer mckenna
>jrm0013@-----.edu
>university of north texas
>music ed major/clarinet concentration
>
>