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Bent Pinky F# Key

Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-05-21 06:11

The story is I have a relatively new Selmer 1430LP Bass. I've played it for 3 hours a day for three weeks. As of yesterday, I noticed the left hand pinky F# key squeaked. Taking a closer look, I noticed the same F# key was bending towards the E key; they're hugging.

How does one fix this? Regardless, I'm going to send it to my repair-person, since throat tone C# was stuffy/fuzzy since I had the bass with me. Oddly enough, the clarion G# and altssimo F that comes from that throat tone C# doesn't sound fuzzy or stuffy.

So, I'm asking as far as that bent key is concerned. Is it a relatively easy fix? I'm learning instrument repair right now on an Evette Bb clarinet I found on eBay and Tom Ridenour's DVD set and was curious. I wouldn't dare "take a look (repair)" to the Selmer bass, since it's under warranty by the rental company I'm renting the bass from; they'll know if I tried to fix something. Thanks for reading.

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