Author: clarnibass
Date: 2018-01-12 08:42
As much as possible to tell from the photo (and it's not that much), I've seen clarinets with this type of rough bore. They don't have a consistent problem in intonation or tone to conclude it affects anything specific. For example at least a few clarinets with very rough bores at the top had great intonation and tone.
It sounds like a problematic instrument, regardless if it was from use or (even more likely) it was always like that. Returning it is a good idea instead of start messing with it. If you were "stuck" with it then it's a different case.
I just had a few professional clarinets of the same model here, all made in the last couple of years, and they varied significantly. Only one had several loose posts. One had terrible intonation on some of the throat notes (the others didn't). One had a very bad mechanical problem on more than a few keys, not far from issues normally found on cheap student clarinets.
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