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Re: An Albert sys. Wurlitzer?

Author: aki0426rc
Date: 2010-09-04 09:12

Thanks for he replys!

Guess what happened when I tried to bring it in to a (pretty established around boston) clarinet guy to check it for overhauling....

He tried to tell me that my clarinet was worthless and that the case was the only good deal I got out of it!!

For two hours long - talked about how much it will need repair for cracks (which I couldnt see some even through the leak lights) and that the wood is bad.

Good thing I did my homework! Whenever I tried to bring up the bell (which is beautiful! and the grain is solid and flowy and color is a darkish brown/purple, but feels light) He said it was "oh just grenadilla on most clarinets" and seemed to avoid talking about it...

He said maybe 25$ worth for the entire clarinet, and that he offered to trade it in (in addition to paying 180$) for a new overhauled german albert he had (he actually drove 15 minutes away to get it to show me). That clarinet is nice, but the bore is smaller and VERY heavy to hold...and I think the tone sounds worse than my old cracked clarinet... plus the bell is really thin and even heavier than mine.. and a bright orange cocobolo I'm not fond of..

Anyway, I don't think I will be trading anything in with him...even though I am no expert on these clarinets, I know even the bell itself is worth more than the 25$ and theres not even anything broken with it!

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