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Re: Bridge Key Adjustment

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-01-22 01:35

Let me start from scratch.

Turn the clarinet joints so that the bridge key is NOT together. Now play the low Bb. If that is MUCH better, what is happening is that the bridge key section of the top joint needs to be a little further OUT (or up). This is easy to bend slightly (carefully). I place a long stemmed micro screw driver underneath like a lever and just produce a small amount of torque (less is more .........keep checking after each attempt). You can reverse what you've done by placing your index finger over that upper joint bridge section (in the down or rest position; then while exerting some force on that, begin applying pressure to the cup between the first and second finger rings (also a matter of "feel" and doing a little at a time checking between).

Really the only problem with having too much space between the bridge mechanism (when the rings are DOWN) is that the 1 and 1 Bb won't speak. But if the situation is reversed you begin to lose the lower half of your horn!

..............Paul Aviles

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