Klarinet Archive - Posting 000445.txt from 2003/08

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Questions, questions
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 01:39:57 -0400

What's unknown in this case is the condition of your instruments
compared to the condition of whatever instruments you may choose to buy.
It's conceivable that you can buy something on eBay that is in better
condition than what you have in your possession already, but the reverse
is also possible --- and IMO more likely. It's unlikely that a
knowledgeable seller is going to sell a properly conditioned student
instrument for $75. A student clarinet in good condition is worth more
than $75. And if you've played a keyed woodwind such as a flute for a
number of years, then probably you're able to spot if there is something
drastically wrong with your clarinets.

In your post, you said "..and stuff happened." If 'stuff' means that
you bashed your boyfriend over the head with your clarinet years ago and
bent all the rods, and this is why you quit playing.... well, this is a
different situation from just putting instruments in good condition in
their cases and opening the cases 20 years later. Maintenance is a
fact of life, and this is where a knowledgeable (and honest) technician
enters the picture. Someone knowledgeable needs to evaluate your
clarinets. But compared to the uncertainties of buying second hand
instruments, my opinion is that a visit to the technician should be your
first step.

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