Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2003/12

From: "Bruce McGarvey" <infodev@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] For the Techies
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:11:19 -0500

John,

Not that this is an answer to your question, but the same thing happened
with a Leblanc Opus I purchased new at the beginning of the year as they
stopped making that line.

When I finally got used to playing the thing (it's a great deal different
than my R13) I became very aware of the stuffiness you described. I took a
look down the bore, and there was this looooong register tube sticking up!

I wrote to Tom Ridenour about it, and he said that Leblanc manufacturing had
set many wrong-sized register tubes in their Opus clarinets out of ignorance
and lack of attention. I sent the horn to him for a replacement, and one
register tube and $160 (!) later, the horn performs nicely.

I wonder how many clarinets of other manufacturers have this problem as they
leave the factory.

B. McGarvey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hansken [mailto:hanskenj@-----.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:07 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] For the Techies
>
>
> Hello,
> I've run across a solution to a problem that I have been having with my
> Buffet A clarinet and I was wondering if any of you who do work on
> instruments might be able to help me understand what, exactly, I
> did.
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