Klarinet Archive - Posting 000895.txt from 1999/04

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pad Replacement
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:49:40 -0400

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Carl Schexnayder wrote:

> To comment on the statement below that repairmen don't think much of
> Valentino products, may I say that there's nothing surprising about
> that. Valentino pads make it easy for otherwise non-repairmen to
> change pads, tenon joint corks, bumper corks, etc., without a whole
> lot of tools, experience, etc. I'm sure that repairmen have lost some
> work to band directors and to individuals who just decided to do it
> themselves.

I can't see anything to be gained by putting the most negative and cynical
analysis possible for any and every question. I have never known of a
competent repair person who didn't have far more work than they could
handle. They tend not to make much money anyway from replacing an
occasional pad on a Bundy or other student instrument. On the other hand,
I won't be putting any Valentino pads on my Heckel or Fox bassons or my
Loree oboe.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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