Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 2001/12

From: Mark B <markbmtl@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] how often?
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:12:54 -0500

> Patricia writes:
>
> I am not concerned about controversy. I am
> concerned about whether or not
> my horn, in which I made financial and personal
> investment, will continue to
> be playable over the long run.

Hi there,

Yes, I apologize, I was not speaking for your
concerns, but was directing my own concerns toward the
original post and post-er about how often oiling is
necessary, to offer an opposed but no less qualified
viewpoint from your own.

> Sometime I will place my small finger (of either
> hand) into each end of each
> part, including the barrels I have, and check for
> dryness. I believe the
> evidence of my own eyes and my own sense of touch
> more than that of some
> person who is not in physical contact with my
> clarinet and has never seen
> it.

In terms of my own concerns, I trust it with my own
ears and eyes, and with the hands of my repairmen, who
happen to be Buffet manufacturers and close associates
(if someone who never has seen my instrument told me
not to oil, i'd be wary). What I have gathered from
them is that the oiling of a quality instrument made
in the last decade is not a frequent necessity, but of
course, diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

> For the record, I own a Yamaha YCX 72 Bb (purchased
> in 1990) and a Buffet
> R13 A clarinet (purchased in, I believe 1978 or
> 1979). They have served me
> well. l love these horns and see no reason to
> replace them with the "flavor
> of the month" clarinets.

Curious what these flavor of the month clarinets are?
Is there a recent line or manufacturer I haven't heard
about? The last clarinet i've been able to try is a
greenline RC prestige but those have been around for
awhile.

> I have a mouthpiece, made
> by Walter Grabner (hi
> Walter!) that works quite well for me and I do not
> intend to replace that
> either.

Glad you are satisfied with your mouthpiece.

I hope you are also enjoying the old R-13 Buffet. I
like them better than the new ones and they are a bit
cheaper as well. I'm in the market to buy a used Bb
R-13...ahem.....anyone? :-P

> The only things I replace on a fairly
> regular basis are reeds.
> Everyone knows why.

Because reeds give us dirty looks after awhile,
naturally.

Yours,
Mark

--
Mark A. Bradley
McGill University
Montréal, Québec

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