Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 2011/11

From: "Lars Kirmser" <music_trader@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinet hardware question
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:23:10 -0500

When Buffet first came out with these teflon extensions, we started getting
a rash of broken keys in the shop for repair. Seeing a possible problem, I
"bit the bullet" and made about 2 dozen replacement tips from stainless
steel, so that I didn't have to stop and make just one set every time one
came into the shop. My replacement extensions were such that I could drill
out the remaining Teflon in the lever and slip the sculpted replacement tip
into the hole, soft-soldering them into place. When silencing these metal
side levers, I use a small square piece of a bladder pad skin (gold beater's
skin)covering the extension. This material works well, and is very strong
and stable.

Lars Kirmser

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Hartman [mailto:sdh902@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] clarinet hardware question

I thought that Tom was referring to the Left Hand levers for the E/B and
F#/C# keys: that he removed the little Teflon pieces that Buffet tried using
for a while as a replacement for the metal ones, which required fish skin
(or a synthetic replacement, never cigarette paper) to silence. I guess the
problem was that the Teflon pieces broke too easily....

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