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 Re: How Hard Is It To Learn How To Overhaul Your Own Bb Clarinet?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2011-09-12 23:37

You won't need your clarinet fully overhauled every year - that's only done when the majority of the pads are shot and key corks have fallen off.

If you're playing a lot, then an overhaul is usually done every five years or so and that's a complete rebuild (ie. stripping it right down and doing absolutely everything from the ground up) which should end up with the clarinet being better than when it was new. You won't have your clarinet overhauled every year as that will be pretty expensive.

Also if you're playing a lot, a service is usually best carried out yearly and that involves replacing anything that needs replacing (such as defective pads, corks and springs) and also a good clean-up of the body joints, polishing the keys (if they're silver plated) oiling the mechanism and regulating is carried out so it plays as good as new. That shouldn't take a month to do as a service can usually be done well within a week at the most once the instrument is on the workbench.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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