Klarinet Archive - Posting 000102.txt from 1999/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hermes
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:01:11 -0400

At 08:48 AM 9/5/1999 +0200, Rachael Orbach wrote:
>All the off brands seem to roll to Jerusalem! Has anyone ever heard of
>the Hermes brand of plastic clarinets? I was called to test one, owned
>privately. The tone is fine throughout the range, but the f/c key on
>the left hand interferes with the e/b key, on the left. Is this
>normal? I told the owner to get it checked, maybe this section was
>dropped, and the key bent. She didn't think so. I was thinking to have
>one of my students, now on a very inferior rental purchase this
>instrument.
>
There is no question that one (or more) of the keys is bent, unless they
were just improperly made in the first place. In either case bending the
keys to clear each other is the answer, whether you do it yourself or have
it professionally done. But consider: if the keys are TOO easy to bend,
this and other problems will recur time and time again!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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