Klarinet Archive - Posting 001005.txt from 2003/03

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] To Walter Grabner (was: Bass clarinet barrel)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:36:50 -0500

I can only speculate, but if your repairman had a similar instrument
and the Fobes fitted into his barrel, I would guess that someone might
have over tightened the upper ring on your barrel at some time. It is
possible to do so.

Thanks for your ensiteful response.

On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 01:27 PM, B. Rite wrote:

> <><> Richard Bush wrote:
> Why didn't you consider reducing the corked tenon of the mouthpiece
> instead before altering the receiving socket of the barrel?
>
>
>
> I did consider it; or more accurately, the repairman did. It would
> have been a wood-on-wood fit afterwards.
>
> It was older clarinet (barrel) and a brand new Fobes mouthpiece. The
> two of them just didn't match. The repairman has his own clarinet of
> the same make & model, into whose barrel the Fobes mouthpiece fitted
> perfectly. So it was clearly my own instrument's problem.
>
> At the time, I did not understand just how good the repairman is. So
> I
> emailed Howarth in England and I asked them what to do. They
> reassured
> me, based on the measurements that the repairman had taken. Looking
> back, I was being obsessively overcautious.
>
> Equally as humorous (in retrospect), I practically.... well, it
> involves
> underwear.... the first time that this repairman picked up a pair of
> pliers and said, "We need to bend this key....." I'd never bend a key
> myself, but he knew exactly what he was doing, of course.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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Richard Bush
Maker of 'BasSonic' bassoon reeds
760 Robins Avenue
Ogden, UT 84404
(801) 393-7265
IDRS member
ICA member
rbushidioglot@-----.com

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