Klarinet Archive - Posting 000010.txt from 2007/05

From: <eefer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Non player needs advice on repair
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 22:15:23 -0400

On Wed, 02 May 2007 21:55:04 -0500
Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net> wrote:

>The moral of the story is to NEVER let a young clarinetist,
>flutist, or oboist have a jeweler's screwdriver!

I don't agree. There is nothing wrong with a kid trying
to fix something. Sure, they will make mistakes, but who
knows.....that kid might just be a great repair tech down
the road. I'd rather the kid turn a few screws and cost
me a few extra bucks than get involved in things that take
him down the wrong path. Playing with a screwdriver is
exactly how I learned to fix my own instruments. And
most of the screws were on the clarinet that I was playing
at the time. In the long run, it has saved me more than
it ever cost me.

Nancy

Nancy Buckman
Orchestra AACC
Opera AACC
Baltimore Flute Choir
eefer@-----.com

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