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Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2014-11-07 20:48
I have a Normandy 4 clarinet that earlier this year developed a hairline crack LH section through the Emblem and down to the first key.
I tried super gluing it several times, but it would always open up again.
That said I sent it on to my repair guy who pinned it.
It required 2 pins. and it looks like very good work.
The thing is the Clarinet seems to have a harsher sound than prior to the Pinning.
I'm fairly new to the Clarinet and wonder if this is just my imagination or is this to be expected.
If so why does this happen and will the sound change back to the way it was before?
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Author: kdk
Date: 2014-11-07 21:14
Apart from how the repair looks, it has to have completely sealed the crack. If there's no leak, it's hard to imagine how the repair could cause the sound of the clarinet to be harsher.
Unless you got used to a less clear sound because the pre-repair crack *was* leaking, and now that it isn't, you're hearing the increased clarity as harshness.
Karl
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-11-07 21:44
I had someone complain their clarinet (a Corton) was playing differently after I pinned the barrel. It turned out they changed their mouthpiece while it was in for repair - they bought a brand new B45 without even trying it.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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