Klarinet Archive - Posting 000635.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: your mail
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:35:55 -0400

It depends.........the improved design of an adjustment screw would help
the instrument during seasonal changes and improve throat tone pitch.
But, it would compromise the originality of the horn.

It depends on what the buyer wants the horn for. Put in perfect playing
condition, this instrument has many years of good playing in front of it.

Roger Garrett

On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, George Kidder wrote:

> >3. There is no adjustment screw over the throat A/Ab key, so the Ab
> > key does not open all the way when A is played. This is a minor problem
> > that can be solved simply by having a competent tech. add the adjustment
> > screw.
> >
> Wouldn't it be easier as well as more original to put the proper thickness
> of cork under the Ab key?
> George Kidder
> gkidder@-----.edu
>
>