My bassoon is bleeding

Annemie Van Riel

I have a Moosmann bassoon, two years old, and the bell began to bleed: a red drop made a track into the instrument (see pict).
The answer of the producer was: the wax is worn out and the stain detached. It will cost me 300 euro's to repair. A bassoon of 20 years old didn't had this problem untill now. Anyone here with the same experience? I think the bell wasn't okay from the beginning, since no one ever had this problem before? It seems unfair that I have to pay the reparation.

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BarrySachs said:
Can you explain how this is an actual problem? Does it affect playability in any way?
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No it doesn't, that was indeed the first reply of the music store when I contacted them. But hey, If you buy a brand new jacquet and next day the colour disappears, you don't want an answer like 'he keeps you warm anyway', do you?
 
I'm not sure how one stops a stain at some point from running. Other than using a sealant which would, for those really minutely analyzing it, may leave a super thin solid surface. I'm sure that sealant would at some level prevent the bell from responding to sound vibrations et all.

I'm not a bassoon repair person so I'm not really acquainted with all things bassoon.
 
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