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Re: New clarinet

Author: Constantinos
Date: 2021-03-06 18:36

Hello all,

Thank you for your replies. I am a new member of this forum and I feel so welcomed by having people around who are interested to give their opinion.

Paul, yes it is a wooden one. When I swabbed it after the first time I played it gave a bit of a colour on the swab. It also has a particular smell - it is my first time I got a wooden clarinet, and especially a german one. Hopefully it will not be a difficult transition from boehm to german (but maybe I will open a new thread regarding that, in the future).

I have talked to the customer service team and they said that they won't have another D-16 in house to replace mine until mid-April, hence I can only send it over and get a refund. Otherwise I can sent it over to their manufacturer's repair service to have a look. I am trying to figure out what is the best decision to make.

I have discovered another couple of flaws:
a) a worn out cork at the low E key
b) there is an uneven step between bell and lower joint (I was expecting a step but not an uneven one)
c) The low F# key touches the side of the key-guide and this makes a drifting/resistive noise
d) strange clarion D tone when released fast

I know, maybe I am perfectionist!

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