Klarinet Archive - Posting 000569.txt from 1998/02

From: "Jason Hsien" <jasonavhs@-----.com>
Subj: Loose screws
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 05:39:06 -0500

I've been wondering if there was any solution to the problem of screws
becoming loose on clarinets and bass clarinets. I know I can always rescrew
them back in, but sometimes, if I go for a week or so forgetting, they just
pop out (which happened, to my horror, at a recent rehearsal. Thank goodness
I found it again and put it back in)

Do any of you have hints on techniques to keep those darn screws in? I mean,
obviously, they won't stay in forever, since we are pressing down on keys
all the time, but this is ridiculous. This never happened on my plastic
clarinet, but since I moved over to wood clarinet and bass clarinet, this
has happened more often.

Thanks!

P.S. Does anyone know of a good Klarinet-ish Saxophone Discussion List
and/or web page? I'm trying to find out the value of this Selmer Mark VI
Tenor I've been playing.

Jason Hsien
jasonavhs@-----.com
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