Klarinet Archive - Posting 000478.txt from 2000/09

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hypothetical question
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:14:53 -0400

Bill, if the answer to the question I asked of the original poster is
"blow out," then I will better understand how to treat his statement,
and that will probably mean ignoring it as an answer with which there is
considerable disagreement. But perhaps he had another reason in mind
for speaking against old instruments.

Dan Leeson

William Wright wrote:
>
> <><> Could you please be specific and describe the characteristics
> that prevent an "old" instrument from being put into good performance
> shape? Or are you suggesting that age of an instrument makes it
> inherently unusable?
>
> Perhaps we have created two different threads now?
>
> The original question (I think) was whether a student horn can be
> reworked into a 'professional' horn, such that it becomes a better
> instrument than it was originally (when brand new).
> Now we're beginning to discuss whether an old horn can be restored
> to its original condition, which is a different question; and we're
> nibbling at the edges of the dreaded 'blown out' debate.
>
> Two different threads.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
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