Klarinet Archive - Posting 000107.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Yamaha intermediate(?) clarinet
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:49:07 -0400

At 04:44 PM 9/4/98 +1200, Graeme Cox wrote:
>Barb,
>
>A friend of mine bought one recently, in a pawn-brokers for a bargain price
>and it looked almost new. It had a number of easy-to-repair problems except
>that the throat G# key had been made with the cup at the wrong angle to the
>tone hole. A normally-fitted pad had a real problem sealing correctly and
>still is giving him difficulty.
>
>Advice - before buying, check ALL the keys and pads, looking for
>manufacturing defects.
>
Any competent repairman should be able to fix the pad-cup problem in a
matter of minutes. The key was PROBABLY bent AFTER it left the factory.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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