Klarinet Archive - Posting 000426.txt from 1999/03

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] repair of old instruments
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 20:20:30 -0500

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From: Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com>
Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 4:46 PM
Subject: [kl] repair of old instruments

>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

I believe the procedure is called swaging but this is one that you probably
shouldn't try yourself (at least on a good clarinet) since a mistake can not
be easily fixed.

The mechanism may just need a good cleaning. I had an old Pan American with
loose, sloppy keywork and tightening the screws did not seem to work. I
dismantled the entire mechanism and cleaned all the screws, screw threads,
and the threaded portion of all the rods and posts. When I re-assembled the
instrument, the screws all went in more smoothly and completely. It got rid
of virtually all the slop in the mechanism. So it appears that prior to the
cleaning, the threads were just so dirty that the screws would not go in
completely. Anyway it is worth a try.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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