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Re: Binding keys!

Author: hautbois
Date: 2009-03-27 14:11

Suggest you try the easy fixes first. There are rods which run much of the length of the top joint on both sides, and which slides through attachments at the end of the keys. Your difficulty might be with the rod on the right side. Try just loosening the screw at the base of the rod (at the tenon joint) by a quarter or half turn (counterclockwise turn). Sometimes, particularly as the wood changes with drying out, or when cool temperature causes some contraction in the wood, that rod becomes too tight, causing a binding. Also, if you have some key oil (not 3 in 1 oil, but some finer oil such as sewing machine oil) put a small drop at the junction of the joints between the parts of the right hand Aflat and its neighbors (the posts holding the rod and keys to the oboe) where they attach to the rod, and manipulate the Aflat key up and down a few times. If you feel particularly daring, unscrew the rod a bit so that you can put a dab of oil on the exposed end which will run through the Aflat key, and screw it back in, leaving it unscrewed just a little bit. The caveat for that process is that the rod will unscrew from the keys at the other end of the rod, and you might have to have your first experience of reattaching them, including resetting the springs. It's good to learn to do that, but probably better to do it when there is someone there to guide you.
Possibly the 'filing' mentioned by your teacher will be necessary, or possibly the rod is bent and causes the binding of the key. But I would not
suggest that someone inexperienced in repairs attempt that fix.
Elizabeth

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