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Author: Rex Tomkinson
Date: 1999-10-19 01:40
I started into clarinet overhaul a couple of years ago and I am now able to maintain my own instruments instead of having to pay a total stranger to misuse and damage them!
I find myself defeated totally by the Boosey and Hawkes '1010' model, which has the 'Taylor' mechanism instead of the usual 'crows-foot' arrangement; vital to regulation of the bottom joint.
I have been unable to find anything in print regarding the system of regulation for a 1010 and would be most grateful for any tips/pointers in this area. Thanks.
rex@classicfm.net
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Author: Mark Weinstein
Date: 1999-10-19 02:04
Rex Tomkinson wrote:
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"I started into clarinet overhaul a couple of years ago and I am now able to maintain my own instruments instead of having to pay a total stranger to misuse and damage them!"
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I count as my friends several reputable instrument technicians/experts ... without whose serves I would be lost! Sounds like you may have had a bad experience, but to classify repair technicians in this manner is UNFAIR.
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"I have been unable to find anything in print regarding the system of regulation for a 1010 and would be most grateful for any tips/pointers in this area."
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The 1010 as I recall is aplastic B&H model. Perhaps one of those strangers will be willing to assist you!
... there are two ways to look at a glass. Half-full or half-empty.
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Author: Rex Tomkinson
Date: 1999-10-19 23:45
Sorry Mark, but I seem to have trodden on your toe!
Although I started into repair two years ago, I have been playing for over forty years. My experience throughout that time has been that good repairers, who have treated my instruments with respect have been in the minority. You may be fortunate in that you can count as your friends, "several reputable instrument technicians". I cant.
The 1010 was not a plastic model but a very fine wooden intrument; the flagship of the Boosey and Hawkes fleet, in its day. Why not get a reputable technician to show you one.
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Author: Rex Tomkinson
Date: 1999-10-20 09:27
This is becoming tedious. Is there anyone else out there with the time/knowledge to assist in this matter? I would be pleased to here from anyone who knows how to regulate the bottom joint of a 1010 clarinet. Many thanks.
Rex@classicfm.net
PS None of the recognised repair journals make any specific reference to this model.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 1999-10-20 17:43
Rex: I have very limited experience with B&H clars, and am unfamiliar with the "Taylor" feature. In Brymer [about pg 100], he is pictured playing and exhibiting lower joint features which look B&H to me, but doesnt describe repair. The best commentary on repair I know of is in Willaman, "Cl and Cl Playing". At times Jim Butler has posted on our BB, and seems knowledgable and skillful to me. Perhaps you and he can find each other. All I can suggest is to use same-size pads for the low E and F, and adjust by corking [or bending, carefully], checking the two single-fingerings for mid-staff B for best response. Dee can prob add to this advice also. Luck, Don
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Author: Rex Tomkinson
Date: 1999-10-20 22:51
Don, Thanks for the very helpful comments. I will certainly look out on the BB for Jim Butler and Dee, with a view to picking their brains. A couple of repairers I spoke to recently were honest enough to admit that they steer clear of 1010's on the rare occasions they see one. In case anyone else picks up on this thread, here is my problem in a nutshell:
I have only limited experience in clarinet overhaul but I am ofay with the fact that the 'crows-foot' on the RH C key is the critical area for regulation of the bottom F sharp and E natural, ie for setting the 'time of arrival' of these two pads.
In the case of the 1010, it has no crows foot beneath the C key, so how do I regulate these keys? I have tried to do 3 or 4 1010's with varying degrees of success-it is never 100% satisfactory. Being a stickler for 'the right way' of doing things, I would love to know a system of approach to this problem. Thanks for taking the time to reply Don, and good luck to you.
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