Klarinet Archive - Posting 000948.txt from 1998/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] BRIDGE MECHANISM
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:44:21 -0400

At 11:26 PM 8/28/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Bill Hausmann wrote:
>>
>> I just checked my YTS-52 and it does NOT have any plastic screws. If they
>> ARE now using them, they are probably ONLY for the "bridge" key
>> adjustments, right? The other adjustment screws, of which there are many,
>> are too small to be plastic.
>>
>>
>Well first off I said it was an alto and what they do on an alto may not
>be the same as the tenor you are refering to. I have a YTS-62 and it
>doesnt have a plastic screw either ther is a metal screw with a piece of
>cork at the end where it touches the key
>The screw was on the articulated G# mechanism. The screw attached to the
>pad above the f key which holds the G3 pad closed was white plastic.
>
>I know i wasnt imaging it. The reason I remeber it so clearly was the
>sax was quite new only about a year old. IT was still very shiny and
>look aesthetically beautiful. So the instrument stood out in my mind.
>I checked it out quite thoroughly. IT played beatifully. I was
>tempted to make the owner an offer, then I realized I was broke. I
>fell it love with the horn I played that well on it and i loved the tone
>and how it played. ANd the probem with the horn was that the screw on
>the articulated G# mechanism was out of adjustment. And I noted that it
>was plastic. Now I dont rember if it was a 52 or a 62. But I know it was
>a Yamaha alto.
>I am not crazy it did have a platic adjustment screw.
>
Sorry, I did not mean to suggest that you were losing it. Specifications
often change over time. My tenor is a couple of years old, and a newer one
might reflect a design change. Not that that is a bad thing. A nylon
adjustment screw is even used on the venerable R-13!

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