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lower notes squeaking when trilling between lowest F and D

Author: ekay
Date: 2019-09-22 17:57

**please read update below, also link to the bent spring I discovered just today:

sidenote: i am using google drive to share this image

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10PPnj5FuGbbSKqSrOUsc9_24cXPMjcFG/view?usp=sharing

Hello,

I have recently discovered that whenever I press the keys labelled 39 and 40 in the picture repeatedly, sound will eventually stop coming out, followed shortly afterwards by a note from the upper register that I can't identify (basically a squeak, but this one is more of a 'sustained' squeak). The picture with labels on it is replied to the section below.

This issue happens when I repeatedly press the 39 and 40 keys in both the upper register and the lower register, so I'm suspecting it's not an embouchure / reed issue and more of a mechanical issue, but I'm still not too sure

UPDATE: Wow, thanks a lot for everyone who replied. today I just noticed that there was a slight bend in the spring of the lower joint. I think it is very possible this is what is causing the squeaking to take place, and I would like to hear your opinions on the matter. Thanks again!

Post Edited (2019-09-24 04:06)

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