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Re: C#-D# link question

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-11-19 12:43

While holding the LH Eb key down, check the closure of the Eb pad cup along with the closure of the low C key (by opening and closing the C key) using a feeler gauge cut from the thinnest gauge cigarette papers you can get and adjust it with the screw on the end of the Eb pad cup arm so both the low C key pad and the Eb pad close with equal pressure.

The LH Eb key should always have a tiny bit of play in it and the flat spring the adjusting screw engages with - adjust this screw (on the end of the lever that sits above the flat spring) to set the amount of free play so it's just right. You'll also feel some delay when you operate the LH Eb key without any of the RH fingers held down as it engages with the split D#-E trill mechanism which is normal.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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