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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-03-10 21:39
Good to know you got it sorted out with such short notice!
Provided the screw or steel is perfectly straigth (and they're relatively easy to straighten out by spinning them in a bench chuck and running a piece of wood with a hole drilled through one end along the length while bending the screw to form an arc), you can straighten out key barrels with the "whacky therapy" method - place the rod screw in the bent key barrel and feel where the resistance is, then if it goes all the way through, find the point where the bend is and tap it with a wooden mallet handle or wooden screwdriver handle as that won't damage the key. Do this several times until the rod screw can be slid through with no resistance and the key will spin freely on the rod screw.
It's all part and parcel of woodwind repair and manufacture - keys will always get bent at some point, so it's useful to knwo how to sort them out so they all run freely on their steels or screws.
The hardest keys I've found to straighten out are the RH1 fingerplate, the bell key and both cor anglais G# keys. I often get numb hands from straightening them out.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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ohsuzan |
2012-03-10 17:44 |
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Chris P |
2012-03-10 18:36 |
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ohsuzan |
2012-03-10 19:43 |
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Re: Oboe Fell Over -- HELP new |
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Chris P |
2012-03-10 21:39 |
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huboboe |
2012-03-12 00:18 |
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Chris P |
2012-03-12 02:11 |
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