Klarinet Archive - Posting 000072.txt from 2001/05

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Connection of upper and lower keys
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 22:30:38 -0400

Take this problem to a repairman. I wouldn't do this myself even thought
I'm mechanically inclinded.

Dee Hays
Michigan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dirk Kussin" <dirk@-----.de>
Subject: [kl] Connection of upper and lower keys

> 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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