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Author: CharlesY
Date: 2003-03-17 16:27
I do "Search" and found a bunch of infos but couldn't find any about this serial number range. If this horn is good, I'll send it to repairman for full overhaul. If not, I'll sell it as it is. Thanks in advance.
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Author: jim S.
Date: 2003-03-17 17:12
The K173xx year is 1966, the same year as Stoltzman's R13. Probably not a particularly bad year.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-03-17 18:03
CharlesY...Whether an intermediate or professional clarinet is any good, regardless of the brand and model, should be based primarily on its tuning.
If there are no significant structural problems (cracks, ragged tone hole cutting, worn key action that cannot be swedged back to original specs, bore has significantly changed, etc...) than only you can decide if the tuning is acceptable.
While no clarinet plays perfectly in tune, (regardless of what all the publicity ads claim) it is a matter of being able to make the small adjustments in your playing to compensate for that fact.
If you like the tone color, resistance, key work and feel that you can play the clarinet reasonably in tune, keep it. If not, cut your losses and find one that will...GBK
Post Edited (2003-03-18 00:14)
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