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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-01-24 00:29
I had a recent thread, "Help, I'm drowning here," complaining about accumulating "condensation" in my throat A and G# keys.
Daniel Cotter of the Spokane Symphony suggested taking off the keys and using a Q-tip to oil the offending tone holes. I did that, letting the oil (I used LeBlanc bore oil); and have had no problems since --about two weeks so far.
Bob Phillips
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Author: pewd
Date: 2006-01-24 04:43
you mean oil inside the tone hole? and not around the hole on the inside of the bore?
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-01-24 05:40
Yes, Paul. I took the keys off and poked oil into the tone hole. Let the oil dry and replaced the keys.
Bob Phillips
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Author: BobD
Date: 2006-01-24 14:22
When oiling the bore I always place small cut pieces of aluminum foil under the pads of closed keys. Placing an oiled cloth or paper patch between the foil and the tone hole might be an easy way of "oiling the tone hole" too.?!
Bob Draznik
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-01-24 14:29
Good thinkin', as usual, Bob D. Including filing a notch in one of the pinky keys that had started rubbing on a rod, it took me almost 3-hours to oil just the tone holes in the top of the upper joint (removing the keys that hold pads over them) and remove and reinstall the left hand pinky keys and the rod keys on the RH pinkies.
My R-16-1/2 has an awkward stack of pivots for the LH pinky keys. Its difficult to get them aligned and back into their pegs.
A job for a competent person --like an instrument technician.
Bob Phillips
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