Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-10-31 22:23
LaurieBell wrote:
> In response to Karl, who asked, "what you mean exactly by
> "notes stopping up."
>
> What I meant is that the specific note would not speak at all.
> The sound didn't come out until I waited several seconds, and
> then it would sound. This only happened after the instrument
> had warmed up for 30-40 minutes, so the second repair shop's
> evaluation that moisture might be the root cause seemed to make
> sense to me. At any case, the problem felt "environmental." For
> more info see my post, "Clarinet Stops up after 30 minutes."
> ==
I hadn't connected this post with the other one. I have to admit I'm surprised replacing those pads actually solved the problem. But it's hard to argue with success.
It isn't true, of course, that all the repair people in the local high-volume student-rental-oriented shops are incompetent, and you may well have found one of the good ones. They do tend to confine themselves on the student work they do to the minimum needed to make an instrument play for an inexperienced student who is mostly playing relatively undemanding music. But that doesn't mean they don't know how to do more or diagnose more precisely if they.re willing to sit down with you and take the time. Two of the most competent repairers I knew as a school music teacher for 30 years - one a string person and the other a woodwind specialist who when he needed to could do brass work competently as well - both worked in the shop of the local rental store that serviced our district. As you tried to do with your remote repair connection, it's usually a good idea to test any repair person with one or two pieces of work that aren't critical to find out what their level of expertise is.
Karl
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