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Old Asbestos filled bakerlite clarinets

Author: Manwasp
Date: 2015-07-17 10:32

Greetings,

For the last 45 years I have played a lovely B&H Besson 35 clarinet. It has a great tone and I think the World of it. However, I've just been reading through some BBoards and realised that the material that my clarinet is made from is most probably asbestos filled Bakerlite.

Before I discovered little rubber mouthpiece pads I used to rest my teeth directly onto the mouthpiece and wore a couple of little grooves into the mouthpiece. Now I'm worried.

Does anybody know of any health impacts of playing asbestos filled Bakerlite clarinets? Should I stop playing it? I wonder too about the workers in the B&H factory in the UK. Is there a record of health problems here?

A little obscure, I know, but a massive risk to those of us old clarinettists or young'us playing old instruments.

The problem is that they sound so good and are so stable, they would be a great buy if they weren't a risk of killing one.

Just spent £120 on getting it serviced too and it plays beautifully.

Any comments gratefully accepted,

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