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Re: top trill key loose

Author: BartHx
Date: 2012-09-04 22:31

I play in a couple of community bands and have run into loose top trill keys more than once. I have been approached by panicked clarinetists a couple of times between call time and downbeat. I carry a repair kit in my gig bag and have become known as the go to guy for clarinet problems. I have even been handed a clarinet mid-concert for rough regulation of a key that had been bumped hard enough to disable the instrument (everyone wants to treat their instrument well -- not everyone is totally successful). Clarinets tend to be pretty tough, but there are some adjustments that can be quite delicate. I have been able to trace nearly every case of trill key problems to careless assembly. If you are in the habit of wrapping your fingers over the trill keys to assemble the instrument, you can be fairly sure that your top two trill keys are eventually going to need swedging.

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