Klarinet Archive - Posting 000283.txt from 2004/06

From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Buffet Evette clarinet
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:30:16 -0400


Nancy

Only stack keys (solid screws that go all the way through between both
posts) are swaged (swedged). Keys taking pivot screws at each
end are tightened up by reaming the counterbore in the post.
(If gone too far, the with a pivot V holes then need
reaming!). These are the bigger, longer shafts such as the
LH4 and RH4 clusters, and tend to create the most noise.

This adjustment is a pain if you shift humidities, as I do
between CO/NM and the UK. I am resigned to having my bass
clarinet keys fit in New Mexico and rattle in England. The
wood can change by a few tenths of a mm between key posts on a bass.

I have designed a screw adjustment for such pivot screws that
would not need any reaming, but have not got round to making
any yet. Anyone interested can have details, as this is not
exactly a mass market and there is no future in a patent!

Plating will not tighten them up other than temporarily.
Silver is very soft and soon wears, and is not kept as a
bearing surface after plating. But it will sure make an
improvement in the appearance. I also like the friction of
silver on the fingertips.

Keith Bowen

> > Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:41:22 -0400
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
> > Subject: Re: [kl] Buffet Evette clarinet
> > Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20040617183355.025283d0@-----.net>
> >
> > At 12:31 AM 6/17/2004, you wrote:
> > >Noisy keys is not due to plating probems.
> >
> > The clarinet is old, the plating is all gone, the keys have
> > depressions in them from finger contact, have been swedged to death
> > and still they are noisy. I have been playing that clarinet since
> > 1967. By having the keys replated, hopefully I can recover
> the use of
> > a perfectly fine instrument.
> > Otherwise, I will be forced to find another clarinet (or loose
> > keys) of the same vintage with keys in better shape and fit
> and attach
> > those keys to my instrument. Replating is an easier
> alternative. I
> > shy away from oil for the simple reason that with all the
> play in the
> > keys, the oil leaks out and makes a mess. Been there, done that.
> >
> > Nancy
> >
> > Nancy Buckman
> > Principal Clarinet / Orchestra AACC
> > eefer@-----.net
> >
>
>
>

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