Klarinet Archive - Posting 000576.txt from 1998/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Loose screws
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 13:37:55 -0500

Jason,
I don't know why it didn't happen on your plastic instrument (I
can think of a couple of reasons which are not germane to this post) but
the reason that screw work themselves loose is that either the screw
threads or the post threads are stripping little by little. Time to go to
a repairman who will either re-thread the post and/or put in a new screw.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Jason Hsien wrote:

> 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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