Klarinet Archive - Posting 000796.txt from 1999/05
From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk> Subj: Re: [kl] re: Blow-out Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 04:38:45 -0400
OK - I can believe this instrument didn't play well. But what had
*happened* to it?
Roger S.
On Sat, 15 May 1999, Dee D. Hays wrote:
> Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 07:30:09 -0500
> From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] re: Blow-out
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org>
> Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 7:24 AM
> Subject: [kl] re: Blow-out
>
>
> >Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
> >Subject: Re: [kl] blowout
> >Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.990515090828.25685B-100000@-----.uk>
> >Well --- my Buffet B flat must be around 80 years old, and it certainly
> >isn't* "blown out". What *has* happened is that the sockets are worn, and
> >so is the keywork, especially the bearing surfaces at the ends of the
> >rods.
> >What are supposed to be the physical signs of "blow-out"?
> >Roger Shilcock
> >
> >-------------------------------------------
> >
> >A student of mine graduated last year had an A Clarinet that he had
> >purchased from the Curtis Institute. It was dated around 1911, and was a
> >Buffet. The Clarinet was very, very unfocused (no ping), and quite uneven
> >playing in all registers. Would the Curtis Institute accept such a terrible
> >Clarinet as it's own? I doubt it (and they did eventually get rid of it).
> >That's Blow-out to me. The player playing it was a member of the top
> >Woodwind Quintet at last years Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
> >(in other words, he was quite an advanced player), and had to fight his
> >Clarinet every step of the way.
> >
> >David Blumberg
> >playit@-----.com
> >http://www.mytempo.com
>
>
>
> But do you have any way of knowing how good or bad this particular
> individual instrument was when it was new?? It might have been like that
> from day one. At this point in time you cannot tell. Even the best makers
> put out a few lemons.
>
>
> Dee Hays
> Canton, SD
>
>
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