Klarinet Archive - Posting 000997.txt from 2003/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] irresponsible teenagers
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:53:37 -0500

It sounds like an accident to me. Unless it is really deep it shouldn't
cause any problems. A lot of repair people could fill in the scratch so it
can't be seen. I would advise you to get a case cover which will prevent
this kind of thing from happening.

Your problems are minor compared to what happened to my son's
clarinet. One of his friends sat on it. It broke the out the middle joint
socket. It looked horrible but has been repaired and the repair is almost
invisible.

Gary
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At 12:38 PM 3/24/03, you wrote:
>In December I got a really nice $2,000.00 clarinet. Today I was riding
>home on the bus and we hit a bump and my case fell out of the seat and the
>case opened, spite of the fact that it was locked. The clarinet didn't
>fall out but my screwdriver scratched the wood on the right hand joint.
>
>I feel really bad. I think I shoudl have held the clarinet or at least
>kept the screwdriver somewhere else. I'm not allowed to play it anymore
>until I turn 18.
>
>Is this scratch going to hurt it? It isn't deep but there is more like 3
>scrathes. It looks really bad too. I guess I should not be playing a
>$2,000.00 clarinet.
>
>-Rebecca,

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