Author: Lelia
Date: 2000-09-06 12:51
Mark Charette wrote:
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No Lerue in the New Langwill ...
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Thanks for checking, Mark. The pads and screws I needed arrived yesterday late, and I had just time to put together the lower stack before bed. I'm becoming convinced that this is the work of either a tiny shop or an individual crafter. None of these keys, rods, etc. are mass-produced. Even though all the upper stack pads are 9 mm and the four lowest pads are all 16.5 mm, no two pad cups are exactly alike. They're individuals, with their own tiny discrepancies in the shapes. As far as I can tell, someone did all the turning and forging without power tools, strange as that sounds for a clarinet with modern keywork that can't be more than about 75 years old -- and is probably more like 50 years old. It may end up playing like a pig, for all I know, but it sure is interesting. More later....
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