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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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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-04-09 22:07
That's Murphy's law not Newton's (who got konked on the head with an apple and came up with the laws of gravity).
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Author: jerry
Date: 2001-04-09 22:17
WHEW! I thought for a minute there that you dropped that baby.
So. Things are not as bad as they could be.
Good luck.
~ jerry
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2001-04-09 22:19
Did you check the adjustment screw for the attachment for the articulated G#? If this screw is pulled too tight it will cause the problem that you describe.
Good luck
Alphie
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2001-04-10 13:42
Maybe her confusion between Newton and Murphy was just another example of Murphy's Law.
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Author: Al
Date: 2001-04-10 16:17
Francesca:
Check the bridge key and the tone hole above the right first finger.
Al
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Author: Francesca
Date: 2001-04-11 21:54
Newton, Murphey, whatever. I'm surviving on 4 hours of sleep and a Milky Way with a double shot of espresso from Moxie Java. Thanks for all the imput. If you're curious, I took my instrument to get repaired yesterday and I had bent the bridge mechanism enough to affect the sound. A half-hour and $14 later I was on my way to rehearsal. Happy except for the fact that I had no good reeds.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-04-12 16:21
It could be a whole heap of things from a moth-eaten pad to binding pivot. You could get somebody to squeeze different keys more firmly shut while you are playing the worst offending note. And put a cork in one section; use one hand to shut the keys and one to sqdo the extra key squeezing while you are blowing in the end and listening for leaks. This will not detect bridge key problem leaks.
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Author: joseph o'kelly
Date: 2001-04-18 17:01
Don't get me started on the law that if something can go wrong it will go wrong.
I just had an audition were both my clarinets went out of adjustment and I had to play on my directors very old 1920's worn out no name brand clarinet. I was lucky to win the audition.
At a recital even more recenly I had to play the fourth movement of the San Saint's clarinet Sonata. My Eb/Ab key would not close all the way when I got to the recital hall I had a fun time trying to close it manually while I played. In spite of this people still gave me a rousing applause.
I hate this law!
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