Klarinet Archive - Posting 000753.txt from 2000/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: [kl] Two posts
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:23:12 -0400

I looked at the "Latest Posts" on the web, to see what was going on in
my absence, and was struck by the following two posts.

I'm resubscribing to reply to them, and will then reunsubscribe.

> From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 09:44:40 -0700
> Subject: RE: [kl] repairing hairline cracks
>
> Peter asked:
>
> > howdy... i have a tiny crack forming on the outside of my upper
> > joint, from the top trill key hole to the hole for the trill key
> > below. what can i do to keep it from growing? a friend suggested
> > filling it with superglue, but i'm wary..
>
> Um, if you had a burst appendix, would you take a razor blade and a
> bottle of scotch whiskey and remove it yourself?
>
> If your clarinet cost you more than a table lamp, I would take it to
> the best repair person in your area. They could either pin it (the
> classic solution) or use one of the newer resin-impregnation
> techniques (that I don't know much about); either way, this is major
> surgery. Run, don't walk.
>
> kjf

....and...

> From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 09:46:11 -0700
> Subject: RE: [kl] And while we are at it ...
>
> Gary Truesdail wrote:
>
> > Indeed!! Were the clarinets of Mozart's time even capable of
> > producing a high G?
>
> Certainly. Whether they could do this on purpose is an open question.
>
> kjf

Both of these posts are well wide of the mark.

It is perfectly normal practice to run superglue into a crack of this
nature as a temporary measure. It may be that pinning the crack is
subsequently necessary, but often it isn't.

Even an expert technician won't know whether the crack will develop
further -- and you're certainly not doing any damage.

The comparison with a burst appendix is quite out of proportion.

With regard to the second post, it is not an open question whether the
clarinets of Mozart's time were capable of producing a high G 'on
purpose'.

You can certainly play a high G; in fact with less insecurity than
modern instruments.

I now leave you in Kevin's capable hands.

Tony
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