Klarinet Archive - Posting 000527.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] sliver keys
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 12:59:35 -0400

At 09:17 AM 7/19/98 -0300, Ed Maury wrote:
>I'm one of those people with big hands who should have played tuba
>instead of the clarinet. The sliver key, even on my A, gets in the
>way. Years ago I developed a slick way of disabling it. I carefully
>stick a little piece of tape [electrical, scotch, masking] INSIDE the
>bore over the sliver's hole. I then remove the key and fill the hole
>with quick setting epoxy. In ten minutes I remove the tape and replace
>the key. The resulting plug precisely matches the bore. It's really
>quite easy to remove the plug if you want. I just "pick" it out with
>a clarinet screwdriver.

You could also simply wedge the key shut with a small piece of cork or
other material under the sliver key. This would be so easily undone that
it could removed and replaced even during a concert so that, for a given
section, the key would be activated for a particular run.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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