Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 2007/09

From: myrnabs@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Blowout (was McGinnis)
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:30:43 -0400

I know this is a bit late, but I've sort of lost track of this blowout topi=
c. Will someone please put me out of my misery and tell me what this means=
or how would one know when our clarinet is blownout? I'm starting to freak=
out because my clarinet is 18 years old, and I don't want to be caught in =
a situation like this. I am going to be having my senior recital in about =
10 months this is the last thing that I need at this time. TIA!=0A=0AMyrna=
bs =0APlay the music, not the instrument. ~Author Unknown =0Ahttp://www.pba=
se.com/myrnabs =0Ahttp://www.scentsy.com/myrnabs =0Ahttp://www.myrnabs.blog=
spot.com =0Ahttp://www.myspace.com/myrnasaldana =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Origin=
al Message ---- =0AFrom: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net> =0ATo: kl=
arinet@-----.org =0ASent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:51:08 PM =0ASu=
bject: Re: [kl] Blowout (was McGinnis) =0A=0A=0AKarl, =0AThen you haven't b=
een listening. I can't remember any posts that say =0Athat ALL clarinets wi=
ll blow out. There are many instruments which have =0Abeen used regularly o=
ver decades and haven't blown out. However, people =0Alike Stanley Drucker =
replace their instruments periodically because =0Athey don't want to get ca=
ught like I did: without a well-chosen =0Areplacement. And, of course, beca=
use they can afford to. I was lucky; I =0Afound a replacement instrument wh=
ich satisfied me quite quickly. =0AHowever, I still had to struggle through=
a concert and dirty looks from =0Athe conductor. =0A=0AThe puzzling aspect=
of this phenomenon is that most clarinets DON'T =0Ablow out. Why is anyone=
's guess, tho I suspect it has something to do =0Awith the fact that most o=
f them aren't played as hard or as often as =0Athe ones which have blown ou=
t. Buffet still has it's head in the sand =0Aand refuses to admit that blow=
-out exists. Of course, they swear that =0Aall their instruments tune perfe=
ctly too... =0A=0AFred Jacobowitz =0A=0AKol Haruach Klezmer Band =0AEbony a=
nd Ivory Duo =0AOn Sep 22, 2007, at 11:37 PM, Karl Krelove wrote: =0A=0A> B=
ut, Fred, when players talk about blow-out, I don't generally hear (or =0A>=
read) that it's something that only happens to some instruments. =0A> Usua=
lly, =0A> it's cited as the reason why clarinets need to be replaced routin=
ely =0A> on some =0A> periodic basis - 4-5 years depending on who it is. Th=
e suggestion is =0A> that =0A> it's an inevitable result of the clarinet's =
aging. Something may well =0A> have =0A> happened to your instrument with t=
he result that you describe, but =0A> that's =0A> not what I've generally h=
eard described as "blown-out." =0A> =0A> Karl =0A> =0A>> -----Original Mess=
age----- =0A>> From: Fred Jacobowitz [mailto:fbjacobo@-----.net] =0A>> =
=0A>> (snip) =0A>> The point is, blow out seems impossible to someone to wh=
om it has not =0A>> happened. Kind of like how light must be for a blind ma=
n. However, I =0A>> am =0A>> ready to swear on all things dear that my inst=
rument did blow out. And =0A>> I'll fight any varmint what says otherwise! =
;-) =0A>> =0A>> Fred Jacobowitz =0A>> =0A> =0A> =0A> ----------------------=
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