Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 2001/03

From: "Jim at PSU" <jam62@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Woodwind repair course?
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 14:59:44 -0500

Does anyone know of a formal course in woodwind repair?

I've been repairing and tweaking my own instruments for years. Recently
people have been entrusting me with their instruments for simple re-padding,
joint corks, and finding leaks.

Dealing with mechanical and acoustical problems appeals to my engineer's
need
to "find out how it works" and fix it or make it better. I must admit that
clarinets and saxophones are easier to work on than flutes, oboes and
piccolos
but they're all fun to work on. I've purchased the good books on the
subject,
and have invented a few tricks of my own.

I find that I really enjoy working on woodwinds, and would like to consider
doing it professionally. Does anyone know of a formal course in woodwind
repair? I seem to remember hearing about a intensive summer course at a
local
university, but they no longer give it.

I am in the Philadelphia area.

many thanks.

Prof. Glinch

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James A. McGlinchey
Asst. Prof. Information Science and Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Delaware County Campus
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063-5596
(610) 892-1263 (PSU Office)
jam62@-----.edu
http://www.de2.psu.edu/faculty/jam62

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