Fun project today! We had a 50's era Buffet Bb Clarinet that had a throat Bb so stuffy and flat it wasn't even the correct note. We pulled the register tube, opened it up slightly, re-installed and sealed with paraffin. THEN we made this cool insert for the register key pad called a "Hasty" insert. It's a tapered insert made of Delrin (hard rubber basically), and the theory is that it pushes the sound out beyond the flat surface of the cork pad. This is a modification that we use sparingly, because sometimes the complaint is that it makes the instrument too bright. In this case, every option was needed to open up the throat Bb and raise the pitch. It worked like a charm :) #buffetcrampon #clarinet #repair #custom #goodbyestuffy (at Grant Band Instrument Repair)
