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Re: Low F/C problem repair help

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-09-14 19:52

It is VERY hard to tell what you did to the crow's foot the SECOND time, so I'll start from the point in the middle of your post where the "F/C" won't come down with the "E/B" lever.

The simplest fix for this situation (and I do this ALL THE TIME) is to place your left thumb under the crow's foot (more of a propping or jamming sort of feel) and then you press on the "C" cup to bend it down ever so slightly. The idea is that then the "C" cup will be lower, and seal when the "E/B" lever is used. Of course if the slight bending of the "C" cup goes a bit too far, going back is even easier. All you do is press down on the right hand "F/C" key to bend the cup to a more open position.

If you can get things back to this point, the fix will be easy.

I think maybe you bent the crow's foot BACKWARD or to one side or the other so that the "heel" of it is now scraping the groove in the wood that it is supposed to clear without touching. OR, the arm of the crow's foot could be scraping against either of the two paddle keys (it needs to be right in the middle with NO contact).

Let us know how things are going!!!

..........Paul Aviles

Post Edited (2014-09-14 20:30)

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