I bought this horn on Ebay. It played decently, but was missing a pad, and all the pads were old and needed to be removed. As you can see it was a little dirty too:
Restoration Clarinet: Guy Humphrey 1930's French "Stencil" Clarinet
I bought this Clarinet when I started the program. It was extremely old, but still played pretty well. The body was in good shape - no visible cracks or other damage. It just needed some love.
Once taken apart I did find some issues:
- two cracks in the bell
- broken hinge rod for the F/C thumb ring
- extremely dried out body
- loose body rings
So far I have:
- dissassembled
- chem flushed
- buffed the keys
- buffed the rubber mouthpiece
- fixed the cracks in the bell
- cleaned up a previous messy crack fix in the lower joint tenon
- cleaned up the scratches in the body from springs
- re-oiled the body (in the process)
As the body sits while being oiled:
as it sits 12/01/11, de-oiling it now:
To be continued.....
Project Clarinet: Complete Overhaul. Vito Reso-Tone Clarinet
Issues:
- burn mark on the body near the A throat key
- factory error of the C trill key not being drilled completely resulting in dipped tone hole.
Completely disassembled:
Dipped the keys and body in cleaner.
Acid bathed and buffed the keys:
Fixed the burn mark and tone hole:
Re-padded the upper joint and pressure tested it:
Re-corked the upper joint
Re-padded the lower joint
Pressure tested the lower joint
Re-corked the lower joint
Re-corked the tenons
Finished product:
Methods Clarinet:
Older Vito Clarinet - August 25th assembled and re-assembled the Clarinet. I forgot to take a picture of the Clarinet re-assembled.
