Klarinet Archive - Posting 000425.txt from 1999/03

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] repair of old instruments
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 19:51:13 -0500

Hi Bill,

Ferree's sells swedging pliers. Their heavy duty pliers for clarinet
saxaphone and flute run almost $100. For about $50, however, they sell an
adjustable swedging tool that uses screw tension. To me, this actually looks
like a better tool even if it weren't half the price.

Best regards,
Jack

Edinger/Gilman wrote:

> Here's a question for you repair guys. I have an old Buffet that has
> rather loose mechanisms, such as the rods between the posts, and it
> seems to me there's some sort of procedure (swaling? something like
> that?) and a special tool you use to do it that will tighten up the
> action on worn mechanisms. Can someone explain this to me, and is it
> something a fairly handy untrained person could do himself? Would
> Ferree's sell the tool?
>
> Bill Edinger

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