Klarinet Archive - Posting 000943.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] bad Bb
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 05:27:42 -0400

At 09:57 PM 9/24/98 -0400, Karen Martin wrote:
>Hello everyone.... I have a mechanical question for all of you. I 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 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. Anything else I should look
at??
>
Make sure the adjustment screw for the throat Ab key is adjusted right. If
the A key is not raising it enough, that might result in flatness.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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