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Do You Work on Clarinets?

Author: wanabe
Date: 2014-07-03 08:58

How many of you out there work on clarinets and/or other instruments? I ask because I buy cheap instruments from various places and clean them up, refurbish them and then resell them or in some cases donate them to someone that will put them to use. I started doing this just over a year ago and I find it challenging and interesting. I started out basically just cleaning up a few that weren't in too bad a shape. I did a few flutes and one piccolo, but It took me about four months to finally screw up the courage to completely disassemble and repad a clarinet. I can't do it as fast as a fully trained technician can, but I do eventually get all of the parts back together and it will play just fine. Just this last weekend I did my first alto clarinet, a Bundy. I'm not too sure about a couple of the adjustments on the keywork, but it is all back together and looks pretty good. I'm having a friend come over and test play it for me. As I said, I'm just starting to learn the Bb soprano and don't have a clue what to do with the alto.

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