Klarinet Archive - Posting 000091.txt from 1997/12

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: clack clack goes my LH B key
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 09:10:30 -0500

Sean,
Sounds like you're doing the repairs yourself. I might
respectfully suggest that it's time to find a great technician, like the
one I take my horns to, and ask him/her to fix the problem by drilling a
tiny hole in the metal and inserting a plug of teflon-like material. This
would a) not fall out and b) not mush down and disintegrate (like cork). I
have had these put in on my instrument (my repairman thought of the idea)
an they work wonderfully. Just a suggestion. PS. I am in Maryland, so
unless you're pretty near, you might want to try to find someone closer to
home.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, SEAN TALBOT wrote:

> New Question,
> I have a Yamaha 72cx and the lever mechanism on the left hand
> B key fits into a hole down in the right hand pinky area. Why Yamaha
> makes the mechanism this way insted of how everyone else does it.....I
> don't know and I don't care. The problem is that every shem that has
> been put in there to quiet the key action has fallen out in short time
> and then it rattles around when using right had B for anything. So my
> question is Where can I find a shem that would be easy enough to replace
> myself? Do they comercialy sell them? I've been contemplating tape which
> I'm sure it would be a quick temporary fix but I'm not sure that would
> be good. suggestions?
>
> Sean Talbot
> music education major
> UW-Whitewater
> talbotse12@-----.edu
> http://www.geocities.com/vienna/strasse/2859
>