Klarinet Archive - Posting 000145.txt from 1999/09

From: Kathy Beatty <kbeatty@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] need key plating
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:20:43 -0400

When my brand new R-13 Greenline started losing its plating off the Ab/G# key,
I first thought the problem might have been that I was too vigorously polishing
my
new clarinet, since my *VERY* old (at least 1950s) student model did not have
this problem. However, given the number of times I' ve been seeing others
complain
about this with the new R-13s, I believe the problem does lie with them and not
with our acidic or otherwising corrupting fingers. Otherwise, why wouldn't my
*VERY*
old nickel plated clarinet have the same problem as my very new nickel plated
clarinet?

As Ben Maas said earlier, I'll have mine silver plated when I have it
overhauled. But
I contend that a nearly brand new, expensive, allegedly professional quality
clarinet
shouldn't be having this problem. The fact that it does reflects poorly upon
Buffet,
in my opinion.

Kathy

Bill Hausmann wrote:

> At 10:32 AM 9/6/1999 -0400, Ben Stutzman wrote:
> >Are you implying that because if has the name "Buffet" or "Selmer"
> >stamped on it there can be absolutely no part of inferior quality? Of
> >course there are certain places where they might "cut corners," it's the
> >'standard' pro model. Maybe on the higher end prestige or something
> >everything is of the 'highest' quality.
> >
> No, but I think it would be penny-wise and pound-foolish to "cut corners"
> in such a way. If the very model many professionals play, and teachers
> recommend turns out to be shoddily made, word would get around quickly! I
> must assume that companies will defend their reputations with more vigor
> than that.
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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