Klarinet Archive - Posting 000470.txt from 1998/08

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A nasty question about Buffet
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:22:49 -0400

Maybe it is coincidence. I bought a new R13 in 1962 and it cracked down the
right side (as you play it) of the upper joint within a couple of months of
my purchase. This crack did go through the bore and through a couple of the
trill key tone holes. I've since gotten rid of it (it never played the
same). However, I have an older R13 (probably 1940's vintage - I bought it
second-hand after the other one cracked) that has never cracked through many
decades of relatively hard use. If we're compiling a list to look for
trends, there are two to add.

Karl Krelove

-----Original Message-----
From: F. Sheim <fsheim@-----.com>
Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [kl] A nasty question about Buffet

>My R13 is of 1962-63 vintage. Within a month it developed a long surface
>check that ran through the right side octave key post. I had it pinned (5
>pins) and the horn has been fine ever since. The crack never went to the
>bore. This is my main horn that I have used daily since I bought it new in
>December of 1963. ($188.00!!!)
>
>Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
>

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