Author: jhoyla
Date: 2008-01-10 11:05
There is a whole lot of advice about fixing the "D", in the thread "Wierd Reed" that went on about a month back. There is a tricky balancing act between the F# tone-hole cover (just below the RH 1st finger), the forked-F vent (if you have one), the F tone hole cover (2nd Finger RH) and the E tone-hole cover (3rd Finger RH). Make sure everything is sealing here, as described in that thread, using fine cigarette paper.
Also, there is a vacuum test you can do for the middle joint. Seal the bottom of the joint with either a finger (if yours are big enough, mine are) or the palm of the left hand. With slightly dampened fingers, finger bottom "C", close the "B" cover with a finger of your left hand, and try and suck a vacuum from the top of the joint. This is a little tricky, but possible once you get the hang of it.
If air keeps hissing in, you have a leak somewhere.
J.
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