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Author: greenangel2k8
Date: 2008-06-16 14:49
Hey i just acquired a plastic buffet clarinet second hand, however one thing i did not notice at the time was i can't play a E/B. It sometimes works if i use the right hand fingering but the left hand it does not put enough pressure so that the pad can close the hole. Any ideas on whats wrong.. can i fix it myself or do i have to take it to get repaired? The F works perfectly so its just one which does not cover the hole properly
Thanks for any help..and i hope this is coherent..
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2008-06-16 15:04
Probably the link (crow's foot) has gone out of adjustment The E/B lever (either left or right) should close both the F/C and the E/B pads at the same time. If not, have this linkage and/or the corresponding pads checked.
Will the E/B play if you press both the right F/C and the left E/B lever?
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Ben
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-06-16 15:32
Usually the RH F/C touch gets bent down putting the crow's foot out of regulation with the E/B and F#/C# touches, but it's an easy thing for a repairer to sort out by holding the F/C pad closed and gently bending the F/C touch upwards until it's in regulation with the E/B and F#/C# touches.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2008-06-16 18:28
Chris and Ben have it rite, with a single touch, left or right, both pads MUST seat in coordination perfectly, so if the pads are at all bad, or the crow's foot is out of adjustment, the E and in partic. the B just wont sound. A tech could quickly find and correct this problem. Luck, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-06-17 11:55
The technician will probably want to check the cork bumper under the crow's foot, too. On a used clarinet, the glue can dry out or the cork itself may be worn down from age. One odd thing that I've seen quite bit under the crow's feet of used clarinets is that *part* of the cork breaks off. Usually when a bumper cork comes off, you can hear the "bottoming out" sound where there should be a cushion, but when the crow's foot cork goes, often there's enough of it left under there to prevent the telltale noise--and enough of it gone so that a strong finger on a key can make the foot rock to that empty side, causing a temporary mis-adjustment even though there's really nothing wrong with the pad or the metal part of the key.
Lelia
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Post Edited (2008-06-17 11:58)
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