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Author: flautist 4 now ww forever
Date: 2002-12-22 12:28
hey it is the holidays and you know about all the family performance you know where u play for ur family well i need your help cuz i play the flute and the screw won't come out and my key is bent i can't tell my mom cuz we just got my piccolo fixed i don't know how to unscrew (it won't come out) so could you help me in ways to do it
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Author: Oboeguy
Date: 2002-12-22 22:36
Take it in to a professional. Tell your mom this: "Would you rather spend a couple of bucks to repair it now, or would you rather it break later, and have to replace it?" Never try to repair instruments yourself, unless you are fully trained to do so. (Especially oboes)
Oboeguy
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Author: Steven King
Date: 2002-12-22 23:53
Oboeguy is right if you have not had training on how to make key adjustments and how to make pads seal you should take it to a pro. Otherwise you could acctualy break a key of you flute if you try to rebend it back if you don't know what you are doning.
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Author: Laura
Date: 2002-12-23 13:15
Exactly. If you don't know how to fix it, you'll probably end up screwing it up. Get help.
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Author: flautist 4 now ww forever
Date: 2002-12-23 14:10
the problem is that when jackie ( who has been playing flute for alll her life and gets all state and blah )told me that my screw was to loose and i gave her the screw diver to fix it, she placed the the screw so deep that i can't play G, Ab,C,E,and D ,Bb,c
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Author: oboeguy
Date: 2002-12-23 15:40
like I said, take it to a professional! Let them fix it now, before it's too late.
Oboeguy
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Author: flautist 4 now ww forever
Date: 2002-12-30 15:02
i got it fixed !!!!!!!!!!!!! but i did it myself, i asked my pro friend , and she said that is what happen to her at my age so she just told me a screw and key oil , or wd-40 would do just fine ... it worked!!! but thank you everyone you really did help... oh yeah i was gonna do ur idea oboeguy but the pro was out on vacationfor 3 wks
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