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 Re: Which £2000/$2800 Clarinet Would You Buy?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2021-01-03 14:19

If you are buying any brand new wooden instrument, then PLEASE wait for the weather to get better and between late March/early April to late August/early September as that's when the weather and humidity levels are favourable.

Plastic, ebonite and metal instruments can be bought and played from the word go at any time of year with no playing-in period.

It's important that brand new wooden instruments or used ones that haven't been played for years are played in gently within the first few weeks of them being bought.

While cracks on new instruments are usually covered by a warranty depending on their nature, a replacement top joint is effectively getting a brand new instrument and will also need to be played in. I think it's much better to stick with the original cracked top joint and get that repaired rather than a new top joint as you'll still have the same instrument you originally chose, whereas a new top joint may not have the same properties as the original which was the reason why you chose it.

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