Author: Sharpi
Date: 2019-03-16 08:11
Thanks M1964 I appreciate your response and your kind words. I apologize that I made this very confusing, I panicked. There are 3 clarinets I’m speaking of here.
30’s Evette & Schaeffer
60’s (ish) German made Evette (I called it a B12 but it’s a Schreiber made Evette) at least I think it’s Schreiber made based on the serial number.
Plastic Medini- this was the “show me you’re serious” purchase. Then I moved on and got the wooden E&S when he proved it was worth a substantial instrument.
The E&S is the clarinet that had the loose bell ring. It was repadded by someone else last summer. This January it shrunk and I was told to make a home made humidifier box after picking it up from the same treatment. When I picked it up the bell ring (bottom) was still loose. I did as instructed. I had it looked at today, and they said it was fine, just shim the bell.
The German Evette is the clarinet that I picked up as a project. I’m fairly impressed that I got as far as I did. I dropped that off today to be looked at by a pro. Curious to see how I did. My pad work was clean, and I know the top joint was air tight. On the bottom, one of the pads caused me trouble and the key isn’t very springy based on how the same key feels in the other clarinets.
The vexing thing about this clarinet is the top joint. It seems to be long where it fits into the barrel, leaving the barrel approx 1/4 inch above the top of the joint.(The bore). It’s not a cork issue, the tech who looked at it thought it was odd too. None of my barrels fit all the way down onto this joint. I should have taken a picture. It doesn’t seem to lose air. It’s tight, but the ledge inside of the barrel prevents it from going further. I can’t find any info concerning this at all. (If this model had a longer top joint bore?) (as if a tuning ring should go there?)
The third was the cheap plastic one that he started with. It lost a pad, and I was left without, (what I thought) a clarinet for him to use. He has an event coming up, and I wasn’t sure which one to fix. Took everything to the shop today and they recommended checking out the Evette (German B12).
Even though I took everything to the shop to ask, I am still glad I posted here. I have learned so much from these pages, and I’ve learned more than I would have just visiting the shop. I will follow up on the barrel issue, in case anyone runs into this same thing. It’s not a swapping the barrel issue.... the top joint connection seems longer than an average clarinet. Where the top joint fits into the barrel, the recessed area. This is what lead me to post in the first place.
Thanks again for your replies. They are very much appreciated. Though I don’t play, I am fascinated by the instrument.
-S
Post Edited (2019-03-16 09:29)
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