Klarinet Archive - Posting 000530.txt from 1999/07

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: mail order - local store policy repairs
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:58:40 -0400

To answer your question----NO. I didn't charge them and I didn't bad mouth
the band director. I smiled and told them to remember me when they had
another problem.

gtg wrote:

> <<Got a flute from 35 to 40 miles away and all that
> was needed was to
> have a
> wire spring rehooked>>
>
> The question is.. did you charge her? I have posted
> about repair people in the past and your post has made
> me recall why I did. Repairing an instrument is not
> magic, an art, or an impossible task. The skill is
> knowing how an insrument is played, the physics
> (acoustics) and what each key's function is. Any
> competent, handy person can be trained - like a monkey
> - to fix an instument. :)
>
> I taught myself how to repair and wouldn't trust
> anybody with my instruments. I have done the gamut:
> cracks, tenons, pads, re-drilling posts/keys,
> soldering, etc. The hard part was the years of
> PLAYING I had to do, in order to learn how the
> instrument functioned and to know what I expected out
> of my horn. Anyone can fix a spring/pad/cork! The
> people I respect are the Luis Rossis, Eatons, Foxes,
> etc. who actually build instruments. I wonder if
> Rossi would charge a customer - while thinking they
> were an idiot - to put a spring back on it's cradle! :0
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get your free @-----.com
>
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