Klarinet Archive - Posting 000246.txt from 2005/10

From: "Geoff & Sherryl-Lee Secomb" <gsecomb@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Broken Auxiliary Eb/Ab Lever
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 04:05:35 -0400

But then if you lived in my town in Oz I could replace it for you straight
away with a genuine Buffet part!
Geoff Secomb.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Sutherland" <dan.sutherland@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Broken Auxiliary Eb/Ab Lever

> At 10:13 PM 23/10/2005, you wrote:
>>Hey Everyone,
>>I was recently playing my Buffet Festival Bb Clarinet
>>when the little plastic rod that lifts up the key
>>covering the Eb/Ab tone hole snapped.
>
> Umm We like to think low to high so I think I would name it the Ab/Eb key.
> You play it with your left smallest finger and most clarinets do not have
> this option. Am I correct?
> Because it is a piece of plastic jammed into a piece of metal your
> repair options are many. My choice would be to drill out the hole and
> insert a more durable piece of something that I would cover the business
> side with cork to dampen the clatter.
>
> But...You will not have been the first to have experienced this
> manufacturing failure. There is a replacement part available, though
> probably not immediately, through your local Buffet dealer.
>
>
> Dan
> UofT
> class of 78
> UofA
> class of 86
>
>
>> Now my Eb/Ab
>>lever just bounces up and down. Does anyone know
>>where I can go to get this fix or if it is even
>>possible to get that part replaced?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Chris Ciarlariello
>>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
>>Class of 2009
>>
>>"Music is the essence of my soul. The part that will never die in me and
>>will live on in others when I am gone."
>>~Chris Ciarlariello
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>http://mail.yahoo.com
>>
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