Klarinet Archive - Posting 000653.txt from 1999/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Quick question
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:14:22 -0500

At 06:57 PM 12/19/1999 -0800, Neil Leupold wrote:
>Well, I didn't want to emphasize my severe case mechanical incompetence.
>I read Pirsig's book as well and agree with the principal you repeated,
>but it takes time to develop that kind of comfortability, more so if you
>are just not the mechanical type to begin, which I'm not. Yeah, of course
>I can do an emergency change of a tenon cork or pop a spring back into
>place, but for anything beyond that I'll ignorantly send my instrument
>away to one of the better techs in the country, knowing that even in
>the tenon cork department they will do a better job than I.
>
If you can replace your own tenon corks, you are MILES ahead of most people
in regard to instrument repair! I rehook springs at the store counter
frequently, so the instruments never even have to go up to the repair shop.
Overzealous flute polishers are notorious for knocking springs off. But
even if you are not competent to REPAIR an instrument, you should still be
familiar enough with its workings to recognize what is wrong.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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