Klarinet Archive - Posting 000720.txt from 1999/10

From: "mark weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cracked clarinets
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:50:16 -0400

Amy Woody said:

"I have a 6 year old Buffet E-ll. I used it for the everything until I got
my R-13. I used it for 1 year of marching band. And it came out of that
fine. I kept fine care of it, and always kept it clean and in controlled
> temperatures. Even a year after it going through marching band, it still
looked to be ok, except for a few scratces here and there. Then just last
week, I looked into the barrel and found a crack right down the side of the
bore. Which, I think, also caused the ring of the barrel to fall off
somehow--because they seemed to happen within the same week. I'm still
debating whether or not to fix the crack, because I rarely even use the horn
anymore. Anyways, I thought for sure it wouldn't ever crack, because it
never had before after 6 years. At least my R-13 is still crack free."

My daughter has a Buffet E-11 and it tunes BETTER with a Scott barrel, which
we purchased from Muncy for $35 at the OK Clarinet Symposium in June of this
year. Cheaper solution than fixing the crack.

mw

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