Your clarinet is a precision instrument and can easily go wrong.   But you can equally easily correct many of the faults yourself.  The secret is knowing what to look for - and of course, knowing what to do when you find it. Click on the picture.

Eddie Ashton's brilliant little "get you home" pocket book, helps you to keep your clarinet in tip top condition.  He shows you how to do minor on the spot repairs and adjustments.  He also shows you how to detect faults and equally important, when to take your clarinet to your repairer.

Apart from the actual page shown above left, Eddie covers the following problems:

1.  Some of the screws on my clarinet mysteriously undo themselves. (Click on the small picture above for a sample page)

2:  One of my keys is "floppy".

3:  Every time I play thumb F to G I get a funny grace note between them.

4:  I can't get a long Eb/Bb and my top G is very sharp.

5:  I can  only play notes with my right hand (below clarion G or low C) by pressing really hard.

6:  I can't play a middle B using only one of my little fingers.

7:  I can't get anything at all - it just squeaks.

8:  My pads keep sticking.

Eddie also gives you tips on how to cure wobbly joints, including re-corking a joint.

Only $12.50 delivered to your door.

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