Klarinet Archive - Posting 000456.txt from 1999/02

From: "Mark A. Bradley" <markb@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] key problem
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:45:36 -0500

Fred <fsheim@-----.com> wrote:
> Perhaps the right hand pinky key is bent up. Did you hit it at any time?
I don't recall doing anything that would cause any of this damage except
playing Tschaïkowski's 4th a tempo (yeah I know I'm a wimp). In any
case I think that either the key is bent or as Mr. Bush suggested that
the overriding arm over the left hand lever is bent.

Richard Bush wrote:
> The open elevation of the E/B key piece and pad cup is determined by
> cork under the left hand E/B lever (where the lever rests against the
> body of the clarinet) and, if the left hand lever is stepped rather than
> being a finger going into a hole, by a thin piece of cork, either on the
> top of the lever or on the underside of the overriding arm that comes
> off the E/B key to the left side of the clarinet. There should be no
> play between the left hand lever and the overriding arm when the left
> hand lever is actuated.

There was space between the left hand lever and the right hand key's arm
which leads me to think it must be something other than the cork. What
I have now is another layer of cork on the lever that does eliminate the
play between the keys, although there is still about 1-2mm space between
the right hand key and the spatula. The left hand F#/C# key has some
play between the lever and the arm and since I have not had much problem
with that then I assume that it's all okay.

For what it's worth, when the right hand key was high so was the pad,
and the movement of the key was still synchronized exactly with the pad
but both were just high.

What I will end up doing probably is take it to a repairman to get this
and some other small things fixed since my last wonderful repair job by
M. Kloc.

Thanks to all for the help!
Mark A. Bradley
markb@-----.com
Chazy, NY

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