Klarinet Archive - Posting 001406.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Contra Overhaul
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 22:55:26 -0400

At 04:33 PM 5/28/98 -0700, Jason Hsien wrote:
>I was wondering, as a question to all you contrabasses, how much would it
>cost to overhaul? I ask because we found a kind of new Leblanc Contra (I
>think I've told you all this before, but I'll tell again) in our school
>band's "storage of old instrument stuffs". I greased the corks, sanitized
>the mouthpiece, but good Vandoren 3's for Contrabass, and made sure all the
>springs and steel wires were all properly aligned, only to find out there
>were just simply some things about it being in stroage for so long, that it
>needs an overhaul.
>
>Now, my band teacher has said the school will foot the bill, but if it's
>gonna cost a lot, I'll just drop the whole thing (not literally!).
>
It is unlikely that a whole overhaul will be needed. Depending upon how
long it sat and what condition it was in when put away, conditions of
storage, etc., it may need only a repad or less. In our shop, a repad
would probably still run $250-$300 (we work cheap!), but that's a lot
better than buying a new one! Then again, it may just be out of adjustment
(Duh! It's a contrabass, isn't it?).

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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