Klarinet Archive - Posting 000753.txt from 1999/10

From: BEresman@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Cracked clarinets
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:00:46 -0400

Kevin Fay asked:

>It seems that clarinets that do crack do it relatively early in life.
>Anyone have an old one crack up, absent some really egregious abuse?

I have an old buffet A clarinet which was my father's first A. It was
built in 1901. I played it in HS and college; then it sat for a good may
years (what little playing i did in that time was done on the Bb). When i
took the horn to a tech to have pads replaced as necessary, he found that
one reason it didn't play as it ought was the presence of a crack in the
upper joint. He pinned it and it plays great now (i still don't use it,
though, since i bought a 10G...).

Brent Eresman
YSI Precision Temperature

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