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 How to increase throat A spring tension?
Author: m1964 
Date:   2019-02-19 18:19

Hi,
I am trying to help an older friend ( we play in a band) to "fix" his Centered Tone 1959 Selmer. They do not have much money so I offered to re-pad the clarinet. I am not charging him for labor.

Even before starting the job, I noticed that the throat A and lower G# keys would open with even slight air pressure.
I started yesterday - repadded the upper joint, changed the original key corks (most of old ones fell off anyway), but have the same problem- even with slight to moderate air pressure the throat A key would not hold. It holds the vacuum fine so I assume it is the spring tension and that does feel weak to me.
However, bending up the tip in hope it would slide better over the metal plate embeded in the grove resulted in non- working spring so I unbent the tip back.
Tried to bend more closer to the screw- no change. The spring is made of metal that looks like copper.

Can anyone help?
Thank you
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