Klarinet Archive - Posting 000292.txt from 2011/06

From: Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk>
Subj: Re: [kl] old clarinet
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:04:02 -0400


Thanks to all for this information. My friend will play it as it is, and bu=
y a new one, if hooked on playing! gr. Finn

> From: keith.bowen@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:07:18 +0100
> Subject: Re: [kl] old clarinet
> =

> Ah thanks Danyel, I was thinking of more recent Amatis =3D didn't notice =
the
> 30 year age.
> =

> Keith
> =

> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvo di bassetto [mailto:rab@-----.de] =

> Sent: 29 June 2011 23:45
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [kl] old clarinet
> =

> If its a 30 ear old Amati it's hardly worth any effort whatsoever. I star=
ted
> on such a thing and it was appalling, and not a cheap one either. Worst
> clarinet I ever saw in my life, not in terms of looks but mechanics, sound
> and response. A student of mine recently showed up with an old Amati (he
> bought at a junk shop in order to practice repadding and stuff like that)
> the keywork of which is so soft, it bends under the fingers every time you
> press a key. Totally useless rubbish.
> =

> Don't oil clarinets with their keys still on, lest you spoil the pads.
> Remove the keys and bath it in almond oil for several days, wipe the oil =
and
> let it dry for several weeks. But according to my restorer that is necess=
ary
> only in rare cases of complete drying out.
> Cork expands under steam. But not much. I wrap it with dental floss when
> necessary and before I have a new one fixed.
> Old "fish skin" pads will probably be brittle or even torn and will in all
> likelihood not seal properly.
> =

> best wishes
> danyel
> =

> =

> =

> Am 29.06.2011 um 21:30 schrieb Finn Jespersen:
> =

> > =

> > Hi list!
> > =

> > One of my friends have just retired, and he is keen on taking up a youth
> interest of his, playing clarinet for fun. He=B4ve found the old clarinet=
in
> the loft and asked me to looke it over. It=B4s at least 30 years old, but=
in
> quite a good condition. It sounds pretty well (it wasn`t a cheap one)! The
> main problem is the cork. It is sort of "dried-up", and the instrument has
> become wobbly. Any suggestions how to get the cork expand? Will grease do
> it? =

> > =

> > It certainly needs some oil inside. What sort of oil is to be recommend=
ed?
> > =

> > It=B4s from Csechoslovakia and is named "Amati-Kraslice" (I think - I=
=B4m not
> sure of the a=B4s). Does that sounds familiar? The mouthpiece is a 5RV, s=
till
> quite good.
> > =

> > gr. Finn, Denmark
> > =

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