Klarinet Archive - Posting 000581.txt from 1999/12

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Getting contradicted by an idiot repairman
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 21:54:53 -0500

You probably won't change his mind about anything and you'll just end up
feeling more frustrated. I'd just make a point of not sending anyone else to
him.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Blumberg [mailto:reedman@-----.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 9:28 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.com;
> Felix1297@-----.net; David Hite
> Subject: [kl] Getting contradicted by an idiot repairman
>
>
> Here's a good one. I would please like some feedback on this one
> with opinions.
> I sent a 7th grade clarinet student (plays a 1998 Leblanc VSP) of
> mine to a
> local repairman. His top 2 pads for the side keys were pretty
> raggedy, and
> needed replacing. I told him to ask for cork pads. The repairman told him
> "why would you want cork pads?? You don't need cork pads - you
> have regular
> pads on the rest of the clarinet!" " I want to use regular pads". My
> student was playing a Legere reed - what!! "you have a plastic
> reed??? You
> don't play a plastic reed on a wooden instrument". Those plastic
> things are
> junk! (he hadn't even seen the reed, nor knew of it)! "Here's my
> recommendation (he goes on), go get some mineral oil, and put
> some on your
> hand.. then rub a little it on the outside of your clarinet, then
> put some
> on an old swab and run it through the Clarinet."
>
>
> I'm ready to go over to this guy and give him all sorts of hell for his
> advice. First of all, I suggest using cork pads for those pads as
> they last
> the heck of a lot longer. I don't recommend bore oiling, as his
> Clarinet is
> not at all dry. The reeds are fine, and give him a great sound. I
> like the
> Grand Concert myself, but Legere's are great too.
> I sent the student to this guy in the first place. For him to
> second guess
> me, contradict my advice, and offend my student to me is bitting the hand
> that feeds him.
> Thoughts??
>
> David Blumberg
> music@-----.com
> http://www.mp3.com/mytempo
> http://www.mytempo.com
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