Klarinet Archive - Posting 000719.txt from 1999/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] klarinet Digest 20 Dec 1999 09:15:00 -0000 Issue 1918
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:30:37 -0500

At 01:54 AM 12/21/1999 -0500, Keith Bowen wrote:
>I had a Selmer bass clarinet which developed a Grand Canyon of a crack,
> measured almost in mm. It was pinned and filled almost invisibly by Brian
>Ackermann
>and I played it for over ten years with no problems.
>
>I probably wouldn't BUY a clarinet with a repaired crack unless I knew who
>repaired it!
>
A crack, even well repaired, is hell on resale value, but usually does not
affect the playability, or even durability, of the instrument itself.

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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