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Know Your Clarinet!

Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-08-22 16:32

I can't believe that some clarinettists are not entirely clued up on the working knowledge of their clarinet. While technical knowledge or mechanical aptitude may be a bit low on the agenda for clarinet players in the early years, I'd have expected better of professionals who have been playing for a number of decades.

This all goes to help diagnose and resolve mechanical problems when they happen, so they can explain to their repairer what problems they are having instead of leaving all the guess work up to the repairer.

And also having the player present to demonstrate the problems they're having is paramount instead of no information or a game of Chinese whispers from a friend of theirs acting on their behalf who isn't even a clarinet player.

So understand how your clarinet works and if you do have any problems, then take yourself along with your clarinet to your repairer so they can deal with the specific problem you're having instead of being left to work things out for themselves if they're left well in the dark.

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

Post Edited (2016-08-22 19:59)

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