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newton's law

Author: Francesca
Date: 2001-04-09 21:43

Hey all!
Newton's law never fails. I have a bass clarinet ensemble performance and a taped audition for college this week and my beautiful Selmer 37 is being fussy. The problem is that any notes in the lower joint won't work, especially the low Bb/F and the high D won't come out at all. (Yes, I realize that thes are all related to the same key.) I've checked the alignment, tried to see if any screws were loose, and I did find one spring that was loose, but that didn't fix the problem. Any ideas on what could be wrong? I did have a similar problem last year when the tech discovered that the tone hole in question was chipped, causing air to leak out. (grrrr I had nothing to do with that. Darn BW and WW with their "repairmen"!) They filed down the chip and adjusted the pad and everything was fine. Is it possible that it's the same problem? I haven't dropped my instrument or anything violent or drastic like that. Thanks for the help!!!

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