Author: Sharpi
Date: 2019-03-22 22:56
Hello
It’s me again! It’s funny because I searched for an answer to another question and came upon this post, which I’ve interacted with last year. I have learned a great deal over the last year about this instrument as a whole since then and I thought I would close the loop with what’s happened since my original questions.
I have made mistakes. Being the mom of a young player, and knowing nothing about the instrument itself has been quite the learning curve. I’m closing the loop for other moms that come after, who are smart enough to do the research before trying to save money, when you don’t know if the kid’s interest will last.
The Evette I spoke of in my earlier posts has finally come full circle. It ended up being a Schreiber made horn in W Germany, plastic student model. I posted a new thread a few weeks back looking for answers about the barrel it came with. Last year when I found out it wasn’t worth repairing, the horn became a project. I am a metalsmith and like to tinker with things, so I took this Instrument apart, cleaned it and repadded it myself. In the mean time, I got what ended up being a 1930’s wooden Evette & Schaeffer.
I discovered older is not always better. Though a beautiful sounding horn, it shrunk over the winter. I took the E&S instrument to the shop and they put it in a humidifier for a week and gave it back. The bell ring was still loose so they told me to make my own hydration box. I found out later, this was not the best advice, luckily no damage was done. The bottom ring on the bell was shimmed.
While the E&S was in the shop, the kid had to play his cheap Medini, which then lost a pad. So I turned to the original Evette (tinker piece). I managed fairly in my project but the lower joint was giving me trouble and I needed answers about why this barrel didn’t fit right. Turns out, I didn’t do a bad job and the rest of the repair will be a minimal cost. As luck would have it, I contacted a guy on EBay selling upper joints in bulk and asked if he had a plastic Evette barrel, and he did.
In the long run, all is well that ends well, but my advice to any budding clarinet parents, is just buy an instrument from a reputable music shop. You will end up spending the same amount of money at the end of all things.
Thanks for all your posts, the journey has been an interesting one.
Post Edited (2019-03-23 05:07)
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