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Author: Halo1115
Date: 2014-09-26 08:34
One of the things I'm trying to do is get better for fixing my clarinet. Does anyone know where I can learn some reliable information and where I can buy more items for less to help facilitate the repairs. Because right now, I'm just kinda going at it like a jigsaw puzzle, and I've only broken one spring and have lost one screw so far after about 16 take Apart and put back together runs.
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Author: cyclopathic
Date: 2014-09-26 12:59
check youtube for Tom Ridenour videos. He has a literary hundred videos on different aspects of fixing/adjusting clarinet.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clarivid+Ridenour
http://www.youtube.com/user/billyboy647
and some step by step instructions:
http://instrumentclinicusa.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=9
http://musicmedic.com/music-medic-articles
With respect to purchasing supplies there are several online retailers here a few:
http://instrumentclinicusa.com/
https://musicmedic.com/
etc
My pers preference to Jeff from instrument clinic. He sells quality products, his prices are better and he charges less for shipping. Plus he sends stuff out the same day and unlike other places I don't have to call a week later to find out that it is out of stock.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-09-26 14:29
I hope the "16 runs" were only 16 months worth of oilings. You are going about it the right way if you are just learning for the sake of taking care of the immediate needs instead of running to a shop for every basic problem. However, if you you mean to be a knowledgable repairman, I'd suggest hooking up with an honest to God technician and actually doing an apprenticeship.
As for the "slips" such as a lost pivot or broken spring. Things won't always go as planned, which is why you have to be able to "improvise" a lot of the time. Just be methodical with taking things apart. And when parts are out, have a definite place for them (where they won't roll away or get bumped off), and definite order. It also might help to have a strong (rare earth) magnet and flashlight handy to help find that stray part (there's always one that wants to get away).
Just like practicing scales etc., you learn by doing, you learn by repetition.
............Paul Aviles
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2014-09-26 20:01
Since I only do repairs for friends and for my own collection, I have periods (some relatively long) when I am not working on an instrument. To keep sharp, I buy some cheap, in need of repair instruments off that auction site. When/if I am able to successfully repair them, they get donated to local schools. I don't consider it a successful job until I am able to repair everything that needs attention. The students don't need an instrument that has any weird quirk.
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Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2014-09-26 21:01
Get Jeff Smith's book on Clarinet Repair. It is an amazing book. website is J.L.Smith
Freelance woodwind performer
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2014-09-26 22:31
I have all my students buy the Haynes "Clarinet Manual" by Stephen Howard.
Not only is it inexpensive, it covers about everything a non-specialist might consider undertaking, the illustrations are extremely well done, and Howard discusses the pros and cons of different approaches to clarinet maintenance and repair.
B.
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-09-26 22:49
All of the above replies are good - you can use all the input - instruction and modeling - you can find.
I think an excellent way is to bring your routine repairs to a good tech once and watch him work, asking questions if you don't understand why he's doing what he does. Or arrange with the tech, if he's a cooperative sort, to sit next to him and watch him do other people's clarinets.
Karl
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