Author: jane84
Date: 2007-04-22 13:21
My Festival A-cl, aquired 6 months ago, has cracked; all the way from the top of the upper joint down to the thumb hole. Well, actually there are two cracks: one from the top, past the register hole to right under the middle of the key, and the other starting 5mm right of where the first one ends, going past the spring mechanism to the f tonehole. It doesn't seem to go through the bore, and isn't very large, though larger than a hairline.
After one hour of screaming and banging my head against the wall (at least mentally), I have the following questions, for the knowledgeable:
1. From the joint to the register hole, there seems to have been glued a crack before. There has also been a large crack on the other side of the joint (down to the a-hole). Is this a classical case of "bad wood"?
2. I'm supposed to be going to an audition in two days (tuesday), and I haven't got another A. Would it be OK to just play it as usual, and then put it away after tuesday, or is that likely to make it a lot worse?
I can't really afford to get it repaired at all, but I realise clarinets are seldom seem to be self-healing..
3. The tones from 3rd line B up to f sharp are suddenly hard to play and sound forced. Is this due to the crack(s) ?
4. Do I really deserve this?...sigh..
With many thanks in advance,
-jane
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