Klarinet Archive - Posting 000489.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bass peg.
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:12:00 -0400

At 10:08 AM 7/18/98 +1200, Anna Dodgshun wrote:
What does happen is that I have to do the clamp up so
>tight I can't undo it because otherwise the bass slides down the peg. This
>is because the peg's not 100% circular. It's also bent (this instrument
>belongs to the local music school, and it's been bashed unmercifully).
>Sometimes, if I twist the peg around, it will wedge itself, but more often I
>have to get someone with bigger hands than me to do up and undo the clamp
>for me. It's a pain, but necessary.

Put a pair of pliers in your case. Or put an indentation of some kind in
the peg at the point where you want the clamp to hold so it will catch on
it. Or both. Or then again, maybe it works to your benefit to keep big,
strong men who want to help you hanging around! :-)

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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