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Author: Jimis4klar
Date: 2021-07-15 10:42
Attachment: IMG20210715090915.jpg (1513k)
I have a gold non-inverted Bonade from RDG woodwinds and just now I notice left rail's surface doesn't pad as well as right rail, is there anything I can do to shape It so left rail will pad as well?
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-07-15 14:42
I would like some clarification regarding the image. The perspective is a bit wonky and looks as if you have a skinny tenor sax mouthpiece (that's not right, is it?). Further though, there is a "black crescent" at the top of the mouthpiece image that almost looks like the top part of the ligature is not flush with the mouthpiece (is that right???).
What it looks like to me all wonkifide, is that the ligature is meant to sit with the screw on the LEFT side (as if you were left handed). I have a BG Tradition configured like this.
Maybe a shot from the other side (bottom of mouthpiece) of the mouthpiece could help.
...............Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2021-07-15 14:47)
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-07-15 18:31
That's the "problem" with Bonades. I like them except that they have to be the right size for the mouthpiece and reed, and have to be bent exactly right to work the way they are supposed to. Really what they should do is make the screw barrels longer to hold the sides away, and profile them a little on the inside to hold the shape of the "strap".
Try gently unbending the left side (of the picture) and gently bending the right side (the side you are holding). You may only have to unbend the left side a bit, the right may be ok. To unbend put a large magic marker or something inside and press once or twice at the apex with both thumbs. To bend put the outside (the strap part that's not soldered to the screw barrels - remove the screws) on a table and press with your thumbs (or with some kind of small diameter rod on the inside). You want the bend to be a little away from the screws, not right against them.
Don't think of it as "bending" it but just flex a few times. How much and how hard depends on the metal. You may find something else works better, but that's the goal - bending the screws and rails parallel to the reed table. Basically you are trying to get the rails level, and keep the "sides" away from the rails so that only the rails touch the reed.
- Matthew Simington
Post Edited (2021-07-15 18:55)
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Author: Bob Barnhart ★2017
Date: 2021-07-15 19:35
I had this problem with an inverted Bonade and used a "standard-width" half-round file to reshape the rails so that they conformed better to the reed's bark. In retrospect, if I could have used a somewhat narrower file, I think the results could have been even better.
Bob barnhart
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