Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 2003/08

From: "Martha E." <capeeire@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Replies to Questions, questions
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:26:57 -0400

I'm not ignoring your suggestion, I have asked around it's just that I
live in a small town - until a few years ago, there was only one stop
light - and experienced musicians aren't that abundant. Some in that
wind symphony I was in suggested someone that is a 3 hour drive for me,
4 of them suggested I ask here, on Klarinet, saying the group was so
large and diverse I was bound to find someone closer to home. Others
gave me names in Boston - and I'm trying to avoid that, not only the
traffic and crowds but also the higher prices. I also inquired at the
Thayer Community Music School, a newly formed part of Thayer Symphony
Orchestra - perhaps I was asking the wrong person, but she had no
suggestions. (Since I can't quite believe that all the musicians in the
orchestra do their own repairs, I'm going to attend their Open House
next Sunday and see what I can dig up.)

I've given myself a timeframe to try and find alternatives but, if I
have to, I will bring the Bundy into the local shop and hope it doesn't
come back needing more repairs (like my flute did). I want to be
patient - but not to the point where I put the clarinets away again.

Peace,
Martha E.

Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:

>Martha E. wrote:
>
>so the question is: where are the repair people, the technicians, the
>clarinet-fixer-uppers? The good, honest, knowledgeable ones?
>
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>
>I don't live in the east, but I was serious --- not just offering a
>casual reply --- when I recommended talking to experienced musicians in
>your area. The best clarinet repairman in my town is an amateur
>clarinetist who has accumulated a complete machine shop and all of the
>woodwind tools during his 40 years of playing. If you were to look in
>the telephone book or to viisit music stores in my town, you'd never
>meet this fellow; but if you talk to local teachers or musicians, they
>recommend him above anyone else.
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