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Re: How to check my new/old oboe

Author: hautbois
Date: 2008-01-13 19:00

cowtime -- my understanding is that screw #8 is the screw which holds the G# pad down when you are playing F# or lower, particularly when the G# key is also being depressed. If you cannot budge the screw clockwise to tighten it, as a temporary measure you can glue a piece of cork or leather, or even try electrical tape, on the top of the G# key to help raise that surface meet the screw #8 sooner, and create a snug closing of the G# pad.
If the G# pad does not close securely even when the right hand finger #1 is not depressing its key, then you might have a problem with the G# pad being too thin or being irregular, or with a spring being engaged or being strong enough to hold the pad down. Take a look at the spring which is at the bottom of the rod under the left hand G# key to make certain it is engaged and functioning securely.
Elizabeth

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