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RE: Be carefull of Vitos

Author: Andy Brendler
Date: 2001-04-30 13:53

This has got to be one of the very best sites on the Web! I got wonderful advice here when buying a clarinet for my 10 year old son, and now I find that there's an open discussion that we have the misfortune of joining.

My son has his first concert in a week. He was practicing Friday, without even being hounded, and got a bit frustrated. He "bumped" the Vito 7212 on our couch and it snapped right above the top joint between the two keyed sections of the clarinet.

This morning his music teacher tried to glue it with Super Glue. It didn't work, so my wife took it to a really good repair facility in the area. (They grimmaced when she said the teacher had tried Super Glue!) They're going to try to glue (epoxy?) it themselves. Otherwise, they could replace the joint (?) for about $160.

The clarinet was about $70 on eBay. We had it checked out when we got it and were told it had almost never been played and was in brand new condition. I guess our luck ran out!

Any suggestions? I can't believe that a $160 repair would be justified. Is there a source of top Vito 7212 sections whose bottom mate had broken? Or do they usually break on the top?

Again, thanks.

Andy

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