Walter's Woodwind Shop, Madison, WI Videos
Videos by Walter's Woodwind Shop in Madison. Walter's Woodwind Shop services Clarinets, Saxophones, and Flutes (and soon string bow re-hairing). Owner Dr. Brian W. Gnojek has been playing the clarinet for over 20 years, and he will work with you 1 on 1 to get your instrument playing spectacularly.
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, sometimes I can't pinpoint exactly where the leak is, or need to isolate it once I get it on my bench. In this case, the leak was on the outside of the tone hole chimney, so I simply put a few drops of water in the channel to get a closer look. Strangely, this was on a brand new Buffet R13 clarinet!
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As a follow-up to yesterday's post, sometimes I can't pinpoint exactly where the leak is, or need to isolate it once I get it on my bench. In this case, the leak was on the outside of the tone hole chimney, so I simply put a few drops of water in the channel to get a closer look. Strangely, this was on a brand new Buffet R13 clarinet!
When you take all of the keys off of a joint, and STILL detect a leak, it's time to do the underwater test! A little drop of CA glue fixed this one. If watching this makes your blood pressure rise, know that I dried it immediately after with towels and an air compressor. Remember as well that a) this instrument was a tree for most of its life, constantly soaking up water, and b) when you play it for more than about 10 minutes, the inside of the instrument is getting pretty well soaked in water, anyway!
I got my business cards today! Time to show off the only magic trick I know. (Besides magically making instruments play better:-))