Klarinet Archive - Posting 000942.txt from 1998/09

From: "Cox, Graeme" <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
Subj: RE: [kl] bad Bb
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:34:57 -0400

Karen,

Remove the register key and make sure that nothing is blocking the register
tube. You may be able to clean it out with a pipe cleaner (depending in the
size of the tube).

Graeme Cox
Graeme.Cox@-----.nz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen A. Martin [SMTP:kern@-----.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 1998 1:57 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] bad Bb
>
Hello everyone.... I have a mechanical question for all of you. I
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don't know too much about instrument repair - just the basics
really. =
But, I have a new student with a plastic Vito clarinet and his third
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line Bb does not play properly. It seems like the register key is
the =
problem, but the key works for other notes. He can play a side-key
Bb, =
but when he plays Bb with the A-key and the register key, it sounds
more =
like a sharp A. The pads, screws and spring are all in good shape.
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Anything else I should look at??

Thanks!
Karen

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