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Re: bending a post

Author: Tony F
Date: 2016-10-23 10:50

Bending posts is never the right thing to do on a clarinet as a means of removing play in the hinges. When you say he did something with a pair of pliers, are you sure that he actually bent the post? The reason I ask is that the correct way to do this would be to swage (or swedge on your side of the pond) the hinge tube to slightly stretch it. This would have been done with a pair of swedging pliers, and it might well appear that he was bending the post.

If he actually was bending the post then I think you need to look for another repair guy. If there is free play on the hinge and you need to remove it and swedging is not an option, try this. Remove the point screws, cut a short length of plumbers teflon tape and roll it into a tiny ball. Push this ball of tape into the pivot hole in the end of the hinge and replace the pivot screw. Do this at both ends of the hinge. The ball of teflon with take up the slack. Fine tune by removing or adding more tape as necessary. This is not a permanent fix, but will keep it going until you can get a proper repair.

Tony F.

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