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Author: bbrandha
Date: 2012-04-26 03:52
I have 2 pre-1920 wooden clarinets. One plays beautifully, but has a large crack in the top tenon. The other has a stuck rod(?) that would need to be cut off and a bent rod as well as a repad and new corks.
Is there anyone that needs such things? I hate to throw them away.
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Author: oca
Date: 2012-04-26 04:11
I would like to have them if you are going to throw them away!
I think you should keep them just for memory or maybe just to experiment on (muahahaha).
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Author: bbrandha
Date: 2012-04-26 04:38
The cracked one I love dearly, but with the money it would take to fix it, I could get a better one. The other is beyond my ability to repair myself, which is what I had hoped to do. I actually bought it for the case and in the hope that I could cannibalize it to fix the cracked one.
As far as keeping them, we have sent a violin and guitar off to live with my daughter. We have an alto sax that needs $$$ put into it and a "new" alto on the way. I gave 2 student clarinets to our schools. I have 2 broken clarinets and one nice "new" Selmer Signet 100 Mazzeo. I also have 3 sizes of recorder and a piano that don't get played much. I need another Bb to play in Mounted Band. I would like a bass clarinet, too.
I think I have enough noise-makers around. These 2 need to go.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2012-04-26 05:00
>> The other has a stuck rod(?) that would need to be cut off <<
It might not have to be. Almost all rods/hinges that supposeldy need to be cut off don't have to once they meet a micromotor, an excellent screwdriver, heat, penetrating oil, patience and the correct recipe that uses these ingredients.
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Author: mvjohnso
Date: 2012-04-26 05:04
If the cracked one is sentimental you can always turn it into furniture (lamp exc.).
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Author: bbrandha
Date: 2012-04-26 12:54
The stuck rod has resisted the efforts of myself and of the tech that has had it for a month. It had been put in an attic for who knows how long with something spilled across it. I literally had to wash the clarinet to find maker's marks or even the color of the keys. None of the keys would move. One if the rods on the dirty tenon is still stuck. The barrel is also stuck on, although we haven't tried heroic efforts on it.
I would really like to know the story of this clarinet. It is an old military clarinet, I think, based on the case (dated 1893) and maker. It was played with a customized mouthpiece long enough that the guy's teeth had left imprints. Why would he then put it away so dirty and never get it back out? It was found in an attic.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2012-04-27 06:11
Sorry if this is getting too much into this issue and maybe this is one of the rare cases that cutting the hinge is really necessary, but I've seen a few stuck keys that others failed to open. Sometimes it is the specific combination of re-sloting (or improving the slot's shape) with a micromotor, using the best screwdrivers (very good ones might not be good enough sometimes) and using a lot of heat + penetring oil cycles that will manage to open the stuck screw. Often even one of those ingredients missing will cause it to fail.
The only times I've had to cut a key were before I had all the above or when a screw was so soft that you couldn't use even a little force (extremely cheap old chinese clarinet).
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