Author: donald
Date: 2023-08-28 06:26
A student of my wife at Auckland University had a terrible crack in her Tosca Bb, and it really was the worse crack I've seen. Was repaired, then got worse.
However, this is unusual- as Chris says most cracks really aren't much of a problem as long as the joint can be sealed.
- I had a crack running into a tonehole on my old R13 (1990s instrument) that was repaired, opened up again... then a repair shop put a plastic tone-hole chimney in to make sure it sealed. This instrument was played for hours and hours a day for 10 years after this repair with no problems. When I sold it, the teacher/dealer who bought it to onsell to a student said it was the best R13 he had ever played.
- The former principal clarinet of APO had an A clarinet with multiple (repaired) cracks. He's retired now, I'd buy his A clarinet right up in a second if it goes on sale, cracks schmacks that is one great clarinet. He actually put it up for sale about 5 years ago, and then changed his mind and kept it, cracks and all....
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