Klarinet Archive - Posting 000478.txt from 1998/08

From: "BRENT A ERESMAN" <BERESMAN@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Buffet cracking
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 17:15:49 -0400

>
> << Perhaps if enough people share their experiences here, we can come up
with
> some sort of empirical conclusion about the likelihood of cracking based
on
> year of manufacture. >>
>
My Buffet A S/N P386, bought used sometime before WWII, developed a crack
in the upper joint ten years ago and has been pinned. The instrument plays
as well as ever. My Buffet Bb S/N 28019, bought new right after WWII, has
a small crack in the lower joint between the tenon socket and the
articulated G# tone hole (a weakness in that design). This crack has been
in evidence for 30 or more years and has never gone through to the bore,
although i've had to seal the tone hole with epoxy. My R13 A, S/N 70343
(early '60s), has no cracking.

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