Klarinet Archive - Posting 000241.txt from 2002/09

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Care and feeding of a 25 year old Buffet
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 20:24:55 -0400

Hello Steve,

I would treat it as if it were a new instrument and only play it for a
short period of time (20 minutes to start) each day.

I would also recommend you take it into the shop to have it looked at. The
damage which I gather is in the lower joint tenon can be repaired. My son
dropped his instrument and it suffered some damage there.

Gary
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At 05:20 PM 9/15/02, you wrote:
>Hi everyone !
>
>Short story, back in the 1970's my best friend and I were both playing
>clarinet together in our high School Band. At the end of 9th grade he put
>his clarinet in the closet never to play again. A few months back I told him
>my daughters private clarinet teacher suggested it was time to upgrade to a
>wood clarinet from her plastic Yamaha. My friend Gary thought his was wood
>and offered her the use of the clarinet. He thought it was a Bundy. We
>picked it up today and found out it is actually a Buffet. The joint below
>the low C key has some wood missing , probably from being dropped but I do
>not see any major cracks or other damage, cork seals are tight. My daughter
>says it plays well and is otherwise undamaged.
>
>What do we need to do to reintroduce this hibernating instrument to the
>playing world ? Any web sites with care and feeding info for wood clarinets
>? I assume even though it has luckily survived this long there are things
>that need to be done with wood compared to plastic.
>
>Thanks
>Steve
>
>
>
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