Klarinet Archive - Posting 000500.txt from 1999/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Quick question
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:37:43 -0500

At 03:23 AM 12/17/1999 EST, you wrote:
>Just had a quick question for everyone on the list. i recently took my hon
in
>to have it adjusted and it was pretty interesting. Just wanted to know how
>you should go about learning to properly adjust and fix problems on the
>clarinet. Do you just take one apart and hope to get it back together or are
>there any specifc books to read up on etc. Secondly, jut wanted to know what
>a god screwdriver set to use would be best for clarinet adjustment. Thanks
>everyone.
>-Rob
>
Personally, I believe that every player of every instrument must get to
know the workings of their horn, if not well enough to fix them, at least
well enough to recognize that a problem exists. We see people bring
instruments into the store all the time saying, "I don't know what is
wrong" when there are keys literally falling off! Of course, some people
are just mechanically challenged. I recommend really studying your
clarinet. Look at it, move the keys, see what each one does, how they move
together and affect each other. Disasembling and reassembling will teach
you a lot, but you might want a repair manual to go by, unless you are
particularly mechanically inclined. Any cheap set of jeweler's
screwdrivers will do for most purposes. I've seen them for as little as
$1.00. And be sure you have a good relationship established with a patient
local repair tech to correct what you foul up!

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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