Klarinet Archive - Posting 000370.txt from 2005/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] reed goes up on top... touching the upper lip.....
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:14:24 -0500

At 02:33 AM 1/23/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I am a clarinet novice....figured I'd try may hand at it.
>I picked up two wooden clarinets on ebay for $40 and $36 for my daughter
>who plays in high school band after she told me she heard a wooden
>clarinet and it sounded different compared to her clarinet.(plastic)
>They arrived today so I tried to figure out if they were going to be of
>any use at all.
>ebay listed as:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3775409936
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3774046544
>
>
>So can anyone tell me how good or bad a deal these clarinets were?
...
>Whats it cost to recork a clarinet?

At those prices you probably did well (maybe even better with the first
one), even if you figure repairs into the final cost. It is likely that
they will both need considerable professional attention. A full repad for
a clarinet runs from $100 and up. Just recorking joints is $6 to $10 each
joint. "Playing condition" repairs are typically from $20 and up,
depending upon how much needs to be done.

The superiority of wood over plastic is somewhat exaggerated by the fact
that the better MADE instruments are generally made of wood, and the better
PLAYERS typically play wooden instruments.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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