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RE: Clarinet Disassembly/Assembly

Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-10-04 06:00

Additional experince of mine:
1)Before re-screw,each screw should be cleaned and oiled with clock oil or other key oil to avoid its rusting by sweat or other on our finger tips.
2)Buffet started for some of their models to use pivot screws for self centering purpose. They seem to have conical shapes and springs. Springs may be easy to lose.
3)When I was a boy, I disassembled my clarinets quite often.I found a big problem is needle springs.If I took too much force to get them to hook,their shapes easily became deformed and key balances changed badly. The special tool Mark refered seems a must.
4)Longer shaft keys(in the lower joint) are more difficult to re-screw when they penetrate some key/pad springed.
5)I oiled inside of my clarinet (twice) without disassembling it and had no problem.I used my soprano sax swab(smaller than for clarinet) with very small amount of almond oil. (It may be safer to insert oil resitant paper between closed pads(trill keys) and their holes.I even oiled its outside surface using painting brush.

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