Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2023-08-30 03:01
m1964 wrote:
Sorry to be a little late to this thread - I've been sick and not keeping up for a couple of weeks.
> I was told by a very knowledgeable clarinet player (who also is
> a great repair tech) that upper and lower joints are not
> matched to each other during production but put together at the
> end of the manufacturing process and the s/n is engraved then.
>
I've heard that, too. I'm sure it's true.
> A replacement joint can be as good as original, better or
> worse.
Isn't it also as likely as the original to crack at some point, leaving you in the same boat.
> The tech swapping the joint should be
> able to work out voicing and tuning problems if any arise.
>
Possibly. But, in support of repairing, you don't have to do any revoicing or tuning when you repair the crack.
> I only can tell what I would do if my instrument had a large
> crack.
> I am not suggesting anyone else do the same.
Of course, everyone will make the best choice they can given their individual circumstances. I would add, though, that when I was a student and then a young player, a crack, as Chris, suggests, was just something to fix - a little more time consuming than replacing a torn pad, but, truly, not much more consequential. It took a really disastrous opening - like having run over the instrument with your car (Oh, I forgot it was back there) to prompt a repair tech to suggest a replacement.
Karl
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