Klarinet Archive - Posting 000061.txt from 2001/05

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Connection of upper and lower keys
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 22:30:27 -0400

Addition---sorry. File the bottom end of the overlying ramp, that part that is
binding with the shoulder of the bottom ring key arm.

Richard Bush wrote:

> Take off the bottom ring key of the upper and file it until the end of the
> overlying ramp doesn't bind with the lower ring key arm.
>
> Dirk Kussin wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > On my (3 year old) RC Prestige the connection of the keys of the upper
> > joint with the keys of the lower joint is not working
> > smoothly. Assembling upper and lower joint close together entails that
> > the two pieces of the connection are rubbing against themselves, they
> > are too close together. I have to uncompress (pull out) upper and
> > lower joint by, let say, the tenth part of a millimeter (the gap
> > between upper and lower joint is hardly to see), then there is no
> > problem.
> >
> > But this is not very satisfying: Each time I assemble the clarinet I
> > have to pull out the lower from the upper joint a little bit. I tried
> > to fix the screw on the upper joint repsonsible for the rings on the f
> > and the f# holes (it was only fixed up to half a rotation); but then
> > the problem is even worse. On the other hand, further unfixing the
> > screw does not help.
> >
> > Any hint how to fix the problem? Or is this a case for the repairs
> > man? Or is this rather "normal"/usual and I should live with it?
> > Any comment is welcome.
> >
> > (I hope that my message was comprehensible in spite of my poor
> > english.)
> >
> > Greetings
> > Dirk
> >
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