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Re: Why We Restore Old Clarinets ...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-06-04 14:24

It has be said that my thread title is a statement and not a question, as it shouldn't really be questioned as to why we restore old clarinets. My question is 'Why buy new?' when there are perfectly serviceable instruments languishing about out there and they deserve a new lease of life for those of us that enjoy both restoring and playing them. Irrespective of the economic ins-and-outs that some may try to weigh up and then call it a loss, I still think they're worth it.

Not so long ago I did some work for a player who was considering upgrading his clarinet (a Malerne stencil which he had new since the '50s) to something better. He couldn't understand the concept that buying a used and fully restored Selmer CT was a higher level instrument than a brand new Yamaha 450 as he could only see the monetary value as opposed to the quality of the instruments. For him, buying a brand new Yamaha 450 made more sense as it cost more than a restored Selmer CT, so he only based his judgement of betterness on the pricetag. His teacher also despaired at his attitude in both this and how he couldn't be taught. His main problem with his Malerne stencil was he couldn't go from throat A up to B cleanly and while I tried to explain that he needs to keep his RH fingers down for the B (as he played A with just the A key and then put all fingers down for B), he wouldn't have any of it as he's never had anyone teach him that, he won't take my advice as I'm 'only a repairer and not a player' (considering I was 1st study clarinet at college and studied with one of the best teachers I can think of) and it's not in any fingering charts he's using. So some people can't be reasoned with - both in terms of what makes financial sense and what they are prepared to learn. Has to be said that both myself and his teacher gave up on him as what else can you do when faced with a brick wall?

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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