Klarinet Archive - Posting 000312.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Springs
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:07:00 -0400

At 03:18 PM 9/9/98 -0500, Chris Felts wrote:
>> I don't know about the rest of them, but I use "punch" to mean using a
>> small or pointed item to force out a broken spring or push in a new one
>> BELOW the surface of the post. Needle-nose pliers will only get you flush
>> with the surface. If the spring you are removing is whole, or at least
>> sticking out some from the post, "punching" is unnecessary. Just make sure
>> you dont try to PULL the springs out by the long end. You must PUSH them
>> back out the way they went in.
>>
>>>I'm not quite sure what I mean either :) I saw one in a hardware store
>over the weekend, it lookes like the handle of a srcrewdriver, and when
>you push on the back, a little point comes fomr the end (if I remember)
>and I was only thinking of using this if one of the springs should break
>in half, and no part of the spring was exposed
>
Exactly the reason you need to use a punch or the special pliers.

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