Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 2011/01

From: Nitai Levi <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] repair person in Boston???
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:08:36 -0500

>> I was wondering if anyone can recommend a repair person in Boston
>>=A0that can do a quick seal job until I get back to Paris and probably en=
d =

>> up getting a new joint all-together.

Also consider keeping the cracked clarinet. Of course if you can actually t=
ry a =

different joint and it is as good as before then no problems. But many time=
s the =

clarinet won't be the same (at least Buffet considering how they make them)=
and =

a lot of players choose to keep cracked instrument because of how they play=
. I =

know one oboe player had his instrument=A0x-rayed to find new places for pi=
ns, it =

was so cracked and kept cracking, but it was too good not to keep using if =

possible.

Just because a clarinet cracked it doesn't mean it will crack again, though =

contrary to one of the stories in the posts, it can crack again. I just saw=
a =

Selmer bass clarinet upper joint with more than ten cracks, the worst piece=
of =

wood I've seen on any clarinet, but the owner chose to save it because he l=
iked =

this clarinet so much.

There are much better methods for repairing cracks than there used to be=A0=
in the =

past. Pinning was developed when glues weren't nearly as good. Even glue al=
one =

can work many times. You can still have the crack pinned and depeneding on =
its =

location, banding is also an option now. Not the old, ugly metal banding, b=
ut =

using better materials such as the carbon fibers or a type of synthetic thr=
ead.

Good luck.

=

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