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Re: Bass clarinet peg broke off

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-10-23 02:26

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/download.html/1,5630/image.jpg

Looks like it wasn't soldered on well to begin with, hence the dark grey colour which is oxide on the surface of the solder.

Have it all cleaned up down to bare metal if need be (on both the bracket and the solder patch on the bell) and have it resoldered. It's important the inside curve of the flange is a close fit onto the outer curve of the bell socket as possible instead of having gaps as it looks like it had which caused it to fail.

I'd be inclined to take it to a top notch specialist brass repairer as they do soldering all the time and will do a far better job of preparing and soldering it back on compared to a woodwind repairer who may not do anywhere near as much solder work (unless they happen to work on loads of saxes or flutes).

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

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