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Re: Plastic Clarinet

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2013-03-18 15:20

Chris P wrote: "One area of structural weakness on all plastic clarinets is the middle tenon - should you accidentally drop it or have it knocked over, the chances are the middle tenon will break.......they can be repaired relatively easily by someone with all the necessary equipment to make and fit a new middle tenon......."

Funny you should mention that. I got my start as a "woodwind repair tech" at age 10 when, having inherited a plastic Vito clarinet from my older brother, I accidentally dropped it and it broke at the middle tenon. I was too scared to tell my parents about the event so I fixed the break myself with some sort of glue, and amazingly it held up for the next couple of years until my folks bought me a better clarinet. They never found out about the accident.

Needless to say, at the time I didn't exactly have "the necessary equipment to make and fit a new middle tenon"

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