Klarinet Archive - Posting 000157.txt from 1998/09

From: Matt Palasik <mattp169@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Yamaha intermediate(?) clarinet
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 16:31:11 -0400

Yamaha makes decent c,larinets. However repairing them is a problem.
They take small production shortcuts to make them at a lower cost. For
example using posts that are pushed in compared to screw in posts. and
the design of and placement of some post make repairing them slightly
tougher at times when it is something other then the usually repad or
recork. I was observing Larry Leads a repair tech who has been working
on instruments for at least twenty years. He was trying to remove a
screw from a yamahe clarinet that had corroded to the point of no
retun. He spent nearly an hour and a half on this one screw and i asked
ghim was this normal. He replied on most clarinets it would only take
him about 20 minutes to do it. But yamahas are made a little different
which make them harder to repair at times.

just my 2 cents
matt

Meridith Miller wrote:
>
> I might not be the best authority on the subject, but in my experience,
> Yamaha makes excellent clarinets for beginner through professional. I
> also have discovered that almost any wood clarinet beats almost any
> plastic one. I don't know much about the condition of the clarinet that
> you are looking at, but it sounds like a great deal to me.
> Meridith Jane
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