Klarinet Archive - Posting 001001.txt from 2004/07

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cheap re-pads
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:23:55 -0400

Walter Grabner wrote:

>LOL. It's making me mad all over again that the shop took this guys money and left the horn so filthy!
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>Oftentimes, I will spend up to 4 hours cleaning a clarinet, before I ever replace a pad, cork or felt. The toneholes get cleaned out, the bore gets cleaned and polished, the grit comes off the rods and pivot screws and from inside the hinge tubes. Old crud comes out of the tone hole sockets and they are then refinished if they need it.
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>That's where an overhaul BEGINS!
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Walter,

You have a gift for understatement. You do a LOT more than just that
with clarinets you overhaul.

People, run, don't walk, to the Walter Grabner clarinet SPA. Your
clarinet will thank you, and your playing will thank you. Beware, there
may be a line forming!

Seriously, my clarinet hadn't had an overhaul before Walter took it
into the ClarinetXpress Spa treatment...now it plays beautifully, and I
could not be happier. Oh, and yes, the prices are reasonable.

Patricia Smith

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