Author: johnt
Date: 2008-03-10 17:58
Yeah, good idea, Mike.
I think there are times when we tend to approach the point of diminishing returns on this kind of thing. Although I earnestly & sincerely applaud cowtime's desire to learn how to do this stuff, I for one spend mega-hours on reeds & practice, with not a whole passel of time left for i heavy-duty instrument repair. Tantamount to repairing automobile tranies or doing root canals, I trow. Unless you do them as a professional on a daily basis, you could end up with a hacker's job when finished. Added to this thought is the notion that it is an awfully good idea to keep these instrument repair chaps in business. They have to put food on the table too.
Aside: Mark Chudnow did a superb job re-padding/tweaking my 1980s vintage Loree oboe several years ago. These were among the wisest $$$ I ever spent, inre instrument maintenance. It still plays great.
Now having spouted all this, I think it is terribly important for each of us to learn how to adjust keys, to include cleaning & applying Woodwind-All and/or Favor to appropriate spots on the instrument, especially tone holes, as well as the removal of octave hole inserts & cleaning of same. These are things that need to be done every few months, something like four or five times a year, if for no other reason than to preserve sanity & keep condensation at bay.
my 2ยข fwiw
Best,
john
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