Klarinet Archive - Posting 000057.txt from 2004/01

From: "Steve Fowler" <steve@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] FW: Little Teflon Doughnuts
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 09:48:48 -0500

Hi.

As far as I know, only Ed Kraus sells the teflon washers, and he only
sells to techs. You may be able to get some from a technician in your
area.

Steve

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Kevin Fay said:
> One of the benefits of the holiday season is that I get a little more
> time to practice.  I pulled out my Noblet C to run through some excerpts
> – I'm going to be playing the Verdi Requiem later this season and
> thought it might be a good thing not to go to rehearsal with a horn not
> touched in a couple of years.
>  
> It's a reasonably good little clarinet, esp. given that I didn't pay a
> fortune for it.  It's seen a bit of use, both by yours truly and friends
> that have asked to borrow it from time to time.  It still seals up
> fine.  The annoying thing is that the keys make too much *&%$#@-----. 
> I could schlep the thing up to Morrie Backun in Vancouver, but it's just
> a couple of the pivot tubes rattling around the rods. 
>
> I should be able to fix this myself.  In his book The Working
> Clarinetist, Peter Hadcock gives pretty good directions on how to swedge
> keys – I think I could do this, either by swedging with the appropriate
> tool or accomplish the same by inserting one of those little Teflon
> doughnuts between the tube and the post.
>  
> Where does one get either swedging pliers or little Teflon doughnuts?  
> Thanks much,
>  
> kjf
>
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