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Author: CarlT
Date: 2013-06-01 01:25
For those of you interested in basic clarinet repair, there are a number of U. S. Army Field Band clarinet videos on YouTube that I recently discovered. I didn't watch all of them yet, but the sergeant (repair tech) doing them seems to be pretty practical in his approach.
Here is one, for example, where he tells you what NOT to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqFAr7n02AM
CarlT
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2013-06-01 16:48
Well, nice but it led me to this one from the Field Band about flutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVWRzO2_r_Q
There's a lot of really good basic musicianship taught in this one hour and twenty-five minute piece; much that is very good basic woodwind info that pertains to clarinet as well, such as, breath support, double tonguing, vibrato (if you're into that sort of thing), and ensemble playing.
And mostly I found it amazing just how talented are men and women in uniform are in the US Army........INCREDIBLE playing and knowledge from them all !!!!
...............Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2013-06-02 01:15)
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Author: kdk
Date: 2013-06-02 22:00
If the Field Band had a staff repairman when I was in it (Vietnam war era), we didn't know about it. If something went wrong with our instruments we fixed it the best we could and tried to get to a civilian repair shop at the first opportunity. When we were at home in Fort Meade there were shops in the general area (or you could travel to Philadelphia to Hans Moennig's shop). If we were on the road, it could be a tough situation, depending on where we were. I hope the Field Band takes him on tour with them.
Just shows that some things do improve with time, even in the military.
I'd not thought of using Teflon tape for pad repair. It probably beats Saran wrap, which was always my pad first-aid of choice, and I keep Teflon tape handy in my equipment bag anyway for cork emergencies. I'm looking forward to going through the other videos.
Karl
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2013-06-03 17:30
No repair shop at the Field Band when I was there -- Jurassic era (Korean War). Luckily one of the sax players -- my late dear friend, Leo Fink -- was a very talented tech, and had a shop set up in his apartment off base. Continued to rely on him when I got into the National Symphony (1960+) until he retired from the Marine Band and moved to Las Vegas. Then I had to resort to Hans Moennig (who disliked my Leblanc bass clarinet)!
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Author: MSK
Date: 2013-06-07 00:51
Thanks for sharing. I'm working my way through the whole series.
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