Klarinet Archive - Posting 000548.txt from 1999/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: mail order - local store policy repairs
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 17:08:40 -0400

At 10:04 AM 7/17/1999 -0400, Patty Smit wrote:
>Perhaps the solution for those of us who are music teachers (I HATE the term
>"band directore" - it does not cover our true expertise as musicians ;^) is
>to learn instrument repair ourselves,either on our own or in a clooege or
>other sort of course. Thoughts, please.
>
Personally, I think all band directors (and/or music teachers dealing with
band instruments) should be taught minimal repair skills -- replace a pad,
adjust out a bent or leaking key, etc. Nobody should be allowed to
graduate with a music education degree without a course in emergency
repairs. Many with innate mechanical ability figure it out themselves.
Some without that talent try to do their own repairs, and we have to repair
the damage (broken braces and twisted leadpipes on trumpets, broken keys,
etc.). I must admit, though, DADS are even worse than music teachers!
(Here, gimme that! I ain't payin' good money to get that mouthpiece
unstuck! Where are my Vice-grips?)

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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