I don't mean that making it a lamp is a bad thing. They actually can
turn out rather good if I do say so myself.....;-)
dhbailey wrote:
A repadding job can cost $450, but it certainly doesn't have to.
I'm a repairman with 30 years experience in the field, member of
Napbirt, self-employed, and I charge $120 to repad a clarinet. No
polishing of keys, just removing the keys, washing them off, removing
and replacing the tenon corks, replacing the key corks, replacing the
pads, replacing any springs which need replacing.
The whole job takes just under 2 hours, which at my $50/hour labor
charge works out to just under $100 for labor and the rest is the cost
of the supplies.
In any event, that old clarinet wouldn't be worth fixing up unless
someone wanted to play it. But as for making it into a lamp, I'm torn
on the subject. Without looking at instrument I wouldn't say outright
that it should be made into a lamp, but I have been known to turn dogs
of instruments into lamps and haven't felt a single twinge of guilt.
Just because an instrument exists doesn't mean it's musically
worthwhile. Thousands (millions?) of Chinese instruments prove this
each day time and again.
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