Klarinet Archive - Posting 000159.txt from 2006/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb barrel?
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:53:20 -0500

At 10:42 PM 2/10/2006 -0500, Rommel John Miller wrote:
>But the clarinet and checking in it poses a different problem, becasue
>filling will affect tonal quality and sound. And thus possibly ruin the
>instrument. That is why I would never purchase a clarinet that has its
>wood repaired, becasue you never know how the technician performed the
>repair and if the lack of quality in the repair was the reason why the
>clarinet is back on the market. (Am I being a snob again in this manner of
>thinking?)

A repaired crack in a clarinet virtually NEVER affects sound quality. It
does, however, reduce RESALE value, but only because of people who think
like you do.

>To me caveat emptor are the best watch words we can live by, and why a used
>clarinet should never be purchased through E-Bay, or sight unseen or
>unplayed. You just don't know what you will be getting, and that is why the
>deal might be a bargain at the time.

This is still basically good advice, however. You can get lucky, or not,
and I have been BOTH over time.

Bill Hausmann

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

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