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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-01-03 19:13
Some time ago (10/25/02) I posted on the problem I was having with squeaking in the high G to high C range. I got some very good suggestions, including Dee's that minute leaks might cause the problem. Since my tech had found none, I (and some others) assumed that my developing embouchure was to blame. However, to my annoyance the problem never really disappeared until yesterday. I took the horn to my tech to have the tenon rings on the barrel and lower joint tightened. They had loosened due to the current low humidity in the house. They seem tight now, and guess....the squeaking is gone!! So Dee was probably right after all. There must have been some tiny leaks around the tenons that could not be easily detected and got eliminated in the process. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
Henry
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Author: AL
Date: 2003-01-03 23:24
No. I really don't understand how one affects the other.Tightening barrel rings should have little effect unless the barrel was practically spinning on the cork before the repair..UNLESS the barrel had a minute crack which closed up when the rings were tightened. Could be.
AL
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Author: Hans
Date: 2003-01-04 01:59
I agree with Al and Dee because I have a wooden carving (some kind of very dense exotic wood from the south Pacific) that behaves this way. There is no visible crack in it in the summer but in the dry winter period a good sized crack opens up.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2003-01-05 03:56
It is quite possible that the technician noticed another small problem, corrected it in a couple of seconds, and didn't report it. Also, if there was some mechanical binding resulting in incomplete closure of a pad, this may have been lessened by lubrication, which most technicians will carry out to any instrument that passes their hands.
I very much doubt it could have had anything to do with the rings.
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