Klarinet Archive - Posting 000170.txt from 2007/04

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Non player needs advice on repair
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:58:27 -0400

Let the band teacher at school guide you. If it's just a key that's fallen
off, he may have an assortment of screws on hand to re-mount the key. If
it's actually a broken part, he may send you to a local repair shop as the
least problematic way to deal with it.

Karl Krelove

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> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:40 PM
> To: KLARINET@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Non player needs advice on repair
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Our son is studying clarinet and in six grade band. He borrowed his
> neices clarinet and it now needs repair.
>
> A small piece that has come off. This piece has two pins, one above
> the other. One of the pins is shorter and may have broken. It looks
> to me as if those two pins are the rear (toward the player) pivot
> points for the parts that move that are operated with the
> fingers. It looks as though this piece may have been held in place
> with a screw, but I can't figure out how to take it apart to install
> this part (even if I had a new one).
>
> Can someone give me some advice? If this part needs to be replaced a
> professional, what is a fair price range for doing it? Is there a
> web page with clarinet pictures showing how to take one apart and
> re-assemble it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
>
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