Klarinet Archive - Posting 000618.txt from 1997/04

From: steve@-----.com (Steve Senderoff/Trisha Vierling)
Subj: Spring Tension/Action???
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:06:11 -0400

How is the spring tension, and thus the heavy/light nature of key action
regulated??? Is it a matter of personal preference, or do clarinet models
have characteristic actions, like guitars (e.g martin vs taylor)???

The reason I ask, is that after a recent overhaul, I seem to be bumping the
left hand Bb-Eb sliver key open and squaking more than usual (which was
very rarely...)

regards, steve