Klarinet Archive - Posting 000145.txt from 2011/06

From: "James Leonard Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Keeping screws in place
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:18:43 -0400

I haven't thought about this in years. I made it through middle & high
school without it happening, probably thanks to the annual "general
maintainence" my mother insisted I have on my horn every summer. Then, in
university, as I was ready for the second work on my senior recital,
(Brahm's 2nd) I nodded to the pianist, and my Ab key fell into the floor of
the stage with a thud. With a red face, I excused myself, picked up the
key, and went to my case in the wings. Luckily, I had a small scewdriver in
it, and Sally (my wife) already had it out. (When I went back out, I got a
nice extra round of applause -- and we played on.)

There's something called Lok-Tight, <sp?> now, to keep screws from working
out, but it wasn't available, then. Another player suggested the clear nail
polish, but the repair person/teacher said it wasn't a good idea. It could
make intentional removal difficult. So I bought an eye glasses repair kit,
in the little plastic tube the size of a pencil, and bought 3 extra screws.
(I left the eye glasses screws in it, too, and wound up using them more
often than the clarinet screws.) I just went down the horn once a week,
making sure everything was tight. It always seemed like an efficient,
cheap, and non-threatening way. <g>

Good luck!

Jim Hobby

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