Klarinet Archive - Posting 000613.txt from 1999/12

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Self repairs , was: Quick question
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 11:00:12 -0500

In a message dated 12/18/99 9:28:41 PM Central Standard Time,
dnietham@-----.edu writes:

<<
Then I read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Robert Pirsig
makes the point that, if you really care about something, you should
learn how it works, and how to keep it in terrific shape, because no one
else will care for it as well as you will. I would think this would apply
to a person's musical instrument as much if not more than to a motorcycle.
>>

For exactly this reason, I do almost all my own repairs. I've found that I
will take more time and do a more thorough job than any but the most exacting
repairman.

I had an overhaul of my #2 clarinet done a few years ago at a VERY reputable
shop. I had to take it back because of an OBVIOUS problem on the lower joint.
The top joint was great, it almost seemed that someone else (an apprentice?)
had worked on the lower joint. Anyway, I'll never go back to that shop. (Paid
top dollar too).

BTW, It was NOT Brannen. I was probably stupid for not taking my clarinet
there.

Walter Grabner
ClarinetXpress
Mouthpieces & More!!!!
http://www.clarinetxpress.com

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