Klarinet Archive - Posting 000940.txt from 2003/02

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sax players - problem correction suggestion
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:09:23 -0500

Could be a key is hanging up and not closing back down after having
been opened. Check side C, side Bb, G#, all the palm keys.....anything
that returns to a closed position by spring tension after the key is
released.

On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 09:33 AM, James Hobby wrote:

> One of my students (HS senior, good technician, good tone, preparing
> for his
> university admission audition) on alto sax has developed a problem
> over the
> last three months that I can't find. This has happened with his old
> sax and
> his new graduation gift sax.)
>
> He's playing along, just fine. All of a sudden, his sound is half
> tone/half
> air. He can fiddle with the reed and get the sound back for a while,
> but it
> happens again in a little while. Tried different reeds. (Same
> mouthpiece
> that he didn't have the problem with before.) There's a slight leak
> on the
> low C pad that we have to get fixed. That's the only leak I can find.
> (I've tried after the air/tone starts up and can't find anything.)
>
> Does this ring any bells? Suggestions to fix it?
>
> Thanks, Jim
>
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Richard Bush
Maker of 'BasSonic' bassoon reeds
760 Robins Avenue
Ogden, UT 84404
(801) 393-7265
IDRS member
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