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Re: What to expect from a new clarinet

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-12-14 00:08

NZDee wrote:

> Now I know one has to do some maintenance etc, but I'm just
> wondering whether this is normal for a relatively expensive
> clarinet, or whether perhaps I got a dud?

A couple of things come to mind.

1. Yamaha is *supposed* to be very reliable right off the shelf. I haven't tried any of their higher end models, but the general opinion I've read is that they don't need setup.

2. That said, it's hard to know what was wrong with yours unless your teacher had something more specific to say about what was wrong.

3. Any work, whether setup or maintenance, needs to be done by a *competent* repair technician. Apparently the one your store uses isn't competent. A competent repairer doesn't damage keys with pliers, and the clarinet obviously shouldn't have played worse when you got it back.

4. By "head office" do you mean it was a chain store and it went back to their headquarters, or do you mean it went back to Yamaha? Wherever they sent it, at least it sounds like they finally fixed the problems, whatever they were.

5. Screws come loose because they are for some reason binding inside whatever they go into - usually a key's pivot sleeve. It shouldn't bind, but that can be the result of weather changes where you're using it. If you carry a small screw driver in your case you can tighten a loose screw back down yourself. If it keeps working loose again, a *competent* repair tech can get the screw to fit properly so it doesn't bind and doesn't keep backing out. Fortunately, this is a solvable problem and not an indicator of a "dud."

Karl

Post Edited (2017-12-14 05:20)

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