Author: Elkwoman46
Date: 2011-11-19 16:26
Dear Dr. Allan Segal,
Oh, no, you misunderstand me, I am not talking about eBay as offering bottom feeders, I am talking about my own, trying to find "cheap" and end up with bottom feeder stuff...at times...grin.
But even more, finding that in the long run, trying to find parts for stuff can have a whole new slant of "not so cheap" when everything is said and done.
For example,
I have no idea what I was thinking, but I bought an apparent no name clarinet with the barrel missing but with a wooden heavy case. When one thinks about it, that was really dumb of me--I mean really, what do I know at this point about this stuff? So I won this clarinet for $13.50 and shipping was ten bucks. The seller spent $17.xx to send it to me, and had told me that it had no name per email. So, he made about six bucks. Well, I come to find out that this actually was plastered with name and serial number, but I suspect he may have missed it because it was engraved into dark wood and one could miss it completely if not looking for it. The seller appeared to be selling stuff out of an attic, old books, etc.
So, then I just recently purchased a real authentic barrel for this antique, per fluke of seeing it posted, and it cost me more than the whole rest of it.
Kind of dumb, huh? And that does not include another barrel that I bought.
Really, what would have I bought, however, if it was just a whole lot of nothing no name parts...a whole lot of nothing, yes? (Per a previous topic I initiated.) But God blessed it.
But now I won another clarinet that has the same missing barrel problem...HA HA HA HA...however, I suspect the pads are in great shape...
Hence, all my questions...Do I have Clarinet OCD?
By the way...I have become so fascinated by clarinets, that I really want to learn how to fix them, re-pad, etc. Just waiting for my synthetic pads from China. Waiting...waiting...
Thank you, also, for your information about barrels. Thanks so kindly.
I have also been asking some of these questions about barrels and various mechanical questions because I keep wondering if there are databases out there or encourage those who know to do so, for future sake...it would be a shame if this information disappeared for people many years from now, who want to still play these instruments that have been gutted from parts for some reason, or just lost parts. I can understand also how a barrel for example could be left at school from a student and never make it back into the case, get lost, no funds to replace it, and there one has a closet instrument for years. Wouldn't it be grand to have diagrams of these antiques with complete measurements for future generations? Think about these instruments made from precious wood that perhaps won't even exist down the road. It is a shame to put these parts into the trash can, yes?
I am going to continue to try for the future, every clarinet instrument that I have to write on a piece of paper (that goes into the case) with everything I know about it. I think this will help. Hence, my questions about barrels. I want to log it in, so that whatever happens, a person will know what size it should have, for example.
So, Dr. Allan Segal...this reminds me of something I was thinking about last night...do you know how to take an accurate measurement of a bore size inside the barrel? Is there a tool? I noticed this is something quite difficult to measure, since both sides of the barrel go in wide first before one gets to the bore measurement. Do you know?
THANK YOU both ever so much for your information. I am learning so much!
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