Klarinet Archive - Posting 000649.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: And apropos of old instruments....
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 05:07:14 -0400

Thanks for the opinion. However, if I personally decided to buy the horn,
I would want to use it - and there is no significant value to it as an
antique (the design simply is not much different from the current R-13,
and it has the same number of rings and keys) - I would have done to it
whatever needed to be done to get it to play its very best!

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, ROBERT HOWE wrote:

> It is a poor practice to add keys to antique or historical instruments,
> which this one certainly is. Leave it alone, play it as it is, let it
> be what it is. If you want the adjusting screw, buy a newer clarinet.
>
> Robert Howe
>
>
> Roger Garrett wrote:
> >
> > I believe that Bill's description is accurate....however, a good
> > technician can add this feature for very little money.
> >
> > Roger Garrett
> > IWU
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> >
> > > At 09:46 AM 4/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Ok, I have received the Buffet clainet with serial number 555. The
> > > >wood is in good condition - no discernible cracks or evidence of
> > > >crack repair.
> > >
> > > According to the serial number list on Sneezy, this instrument (#555 with
> > > no letter) dates from 1928! It probably predates the now-standard screw
> > > adjustment on the Ab key. You just had to be precise with the cork and pads.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
> > > 451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
> > > Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
> > > ICQ UIN 4862265
> > >
> > > If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
> > >
>

   
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