Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 1998/09

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Leon Trotte clarinet
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 08:21:38 -0400

In a message dated 9/7/98 12:55:46 AM, Mike wrote:

<<There is still a bit of work involved with getting the keywork,springs and
pads right.
Is this instrument worth the time and effort I am giving it.>>

Probably not. BUT YOU ARE LEARNING A LOT, Mike, and that is worth MORE than
money in my opinion. In the past two years, I have invested enormous amounts
of time restoring clarinets by long-forgotten makers. It's truly an education
to work on lesser quality clarinets. I cut my teeth repair-wise on a wood
clarinet that literally came from the dump and was covered with fungus (inside
the bore, too). I won't divulge here who bought the clarinet but it was a
TREASURE when I was done with it. The tone and intonation were gorgeous (and
there was no odor!) I had nothing to lose with that old clarinet so I tried
things that would give professional repairmen like Bill the willies. (Can you
spell bleach?) But my experiments taught me so much that I might not have
learned had I not pushed the envelope on what you can do to a clarinet ;-)

Working on those old junkers was the way to go for me; now it's a walk in the
park to work on my Buffet R13.

Cindy

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