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Re: Question about keeping EH in tune

Author: Chris P
Date: 2024-10-27 14:40

Instead of buying a longer crook or worrying about the 4mm gap created by pulling the crook out, have a spacer made that fits in the reed socket. Have it made from plastic (like ABS or delrin rod) with the outer diameter a tad smaller than the reed socket (which will make it easy to fit and remove), the inside diameter the same diameter as the crook bore at the widest end and to a height of 4mm. Or have several made with different lengths (2mm, 3mm and 4mm) so you can pick the one that works best. Leave it in and that will guarantee your crook only goes in as far as is necessary.

Or if you happen to find some soft polythene tubing that's approximately the ideal inner and outer diameters, chop that into spacers with a scalpel.

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

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