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Re: problem going to B note

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-07-10 14:36

The way I set up these keys to work are to seat the pads so they're closing heavier at the front than the back (but still seating all the way round) and have the F/C key pad close with slightly more pressure than the E/B key pad when operated by the E/B touchpieces alone (both left and right).

I use this across the board on woodwinds to ensure that linked keys at the bottom end of an instrument (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and sax) will close by operating just the one touchpiece only as it should.

As there's always some torsion (twisting or flexing) in the keywork, increasingly so with longer keys and key rods, the amount of torsion has to be taken into account. While on paper things will theoretically work, they don't always work as planned in practice, so some compromises have to be made.

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

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