Klarinet Archive - Posting 000603.txt from 1999/10

From: Craig Rasband <jasband@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] metal clarinets
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:16:26 -0400

Krh214@-----.com wrote:

> iIm new to the list, and an amused owner of what appears to me an, uhm,> really well-aged B flat soprano clarinet...

> I stoped by a woodwind shop today, and bought some reeds, cork stuff, a> swab and a Valentino pad set, since a cusory inspection indicated that the> pads on there right now are moth eaten.

After playing sax and flute for 35+ years, I decided about a
year ago that it was about time I learned the clarinet. I had
worked in a woodwind repair shop when I was a teenager, so I went
to a repair shop in Oakland CA that had been there for many many
years, and asked the repairman if he had any old non-working
metal clarinets. He took me in back, into the catacombs, where
we looked around 'till we found one with all the parts intact,
and a usable case. I offered him five bucks for it and he took
it and sold me a few pads for a couple more bucks, and I went
home and after a few hours I had a working clarinet. However, a
few weeks ago, prompted by some info given by klarinet lister
Lelia, I went to Grand Auto and for $3.95 picked up a "Flexible
Flashlight w/Magnetic Tip" to use as a leak light, and with it
found four or five leaks that I couldn't see before, fixed them,
and all of a sudden the clarinet is WAY easier to play. By the
way, the Noblet that you have is probably one of the better metal
clarinets. Have fun with it!

Craig Rasband

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