Klarinet Archive - Posting 000743.txt from 2003/05

From: Dan Sutherland <dan.sutherland@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Quick survey on "Clarinet Overhaul"
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 01:05:19 -0400

There is a bit more to the crayon thing than one would suspect. To execute
a nice looking job one must first trace over the original logo using a
needle spring or some other sharp pointy thing to dig the dirt out of the
crevices. The gold coloring will embed itself in the grain of the wood
creating vertical streaks that are difficult to remove. The crayons tend
to be a more yellowy colour than the original logo.

Not being in the sales end of things I am unsure whether the refreshed
crested were better sellers than non refreshed crested instruments. I
suspect they were.

At 10:07 PM 5/28/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>on 5/28/2003 6:32 AM, Anne Bell wrote:
>
> >I really don't worry about the logo now
> >but when I was in HS and had my clarinet overhauled it was the equivalent
> >of the "new car smell."
>
>A repair tech I know told me that at repair school they were repeatedly
>reminded to use the gold crayon on the trademark every time the
>instrument was in for repair. The idea was that most people would only
>recognize the newly gilded trademark, and not the work that had been done!
>
>David
>
>David Niethamer
>dnietham@-----.edu
>http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/
>
>
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