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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 2007/04

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Oboe's forked F-Day 2
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:20:03 -0400

<<<No one has commented on Loree Royale's little screws to adjust the
height of the forked F key.I find it doesn't tune the note as perfect as
my use of cork in the hole.>>>

I think that the adjusting screws are not for the purpose of regulating
the height of the pad when the key is open, but rather to make it
possible to adjust the key so that it is completely closed when not in
use. As we all know, if that pad doesn't seal completely, nothing from
low D on down wants to work at all.

Jerry Sirucek used to call this the "oboist's daily adjustment."

Ed Lacy

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