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Re: Swedging a key

Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-09-04 12:57

Not really, it's best to do a barrel graft (soft soldering a piece of plated barrel onto the key, cutting part of the original barrel away to fit the graft) rather than swaging otherwise the barrel will be very thin at the end, and also very brittle due to being work hardened, and you'll probably end up losing the plating.

Depending on the key, barrel grafts can be done fairly inconspicuously.

If you don't want to do a barrel graft, you could always make a shim to take up the end play, though it's not an ideal solution.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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