Klarinet Archive - Posting 000666.txt from 1999/10

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] CRACK 3
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:24:21 -0400

Ulrich Duemke wrote,
>Some of you said, that when a clarinet will crack, it cracks. Do you think a
new clarinet should be played as long as a clarinet that is used to be
played? I have learned and I teach the step-by-step way, but after all......>

Call it superstition, but IMHO it's still a good idea to use the step-by-step
method. I haven't owned a brand-new clarinet since 1958, but I still use the
step-by-step, slow break-in on the old clarinets I buy. Usually I don't know
where they've been -- literally. I can see they're neglected, but I can only
guess at how they've been stored or who used them for what, or how long ago,
so after I've cleared out the dead cockroaches, replaced pads and corks,
etc., I handle these old instruments as if they were new and unplayed, just
to be on the safe side. With a new clarinet, I think I would feel less
guilty about a crack if I knew I'd done everything by the book. Also, just
in case a manufacturer or dealer might resist honoring a warranty, I would
want to be able to say honestly that I had broken in the instrument in the
traditional way.

Better luck in the future!
Lelia

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