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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2005-08-28 22:24
Ok... This is clarinet related.
Benny nearly had a heart attack the other day. (Benny is my clarinet)
It's my buffet B12. I'm wondering if I can fix this myself, or do I really need to go through all the trouble of sending it to a repair guy.
My key is bent, I don't know what it's called, it's the side key for the alternate F# and Eb fingering. I was marching the other day and I played an F#. Well everything was fine until I tried to play all my other notes. The problem was that when the pad went back down, it did not cover the hole. Well, I bent it back so that it would, and it worked again. But, it would occasionally come off the hole. That also meant I couldn't play F# or Eb alt fingerings with it, and so I'm marching with my wood clarinet now.
Any advice on how to fix this?
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Author: ClariBone
Date: 2005-08-28 22:31
DO NOT MARCH WITH YOUR WOODEN CLARINET!! EVER!! That is a mortal sin!! Okay, I'm calming down... now. Take it to a repair man. Where I live, they'll do it for free, or charge a small amount (probably no more than $10) to fix it. Better to have it fixed by someone who knows than by someone who can only guess!!
Clayton
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2005-08-28 22:37
Or maybe your band teacher can fix it. They can usually fix minor problems.
To 2nd Clay- DON'T MARCH WITH A WOOD CLARINET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're killing it's musical destiny!
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-08-28 23:27
I'm surprised at the amount of band leaders that don't realise playing a wooden clarinet outside is a no-no.
Even some band leaders that play the clarinet themselves don't understand the problems.
And I made the stupid mistake of putting myself forward to play outside (as I play solo clarinet in my local concert band), not only on the seafront bandstand, but with strong wind and a brief but heavy downpour which sent us all packing. I noticed when I got home my recently refurbished Series 9 wasn't in too good shape being wetter on the outside - and this was the first time I've ever had cork pads sticking! Fortunately this was only temporary and sorted after placing cigarette papers between the sticky pads and toneholes as is generally the norm with sticking skin pads.
Ok, next question - is there such thing as a pro model plastic full boehm?
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Author: pewd
Date: 2005-08-29 01:00
go to home depot or lowes, get a pair of flat tip pliers
glue some cork on the ends of the pliers, using contact cement.
that way you wont scratch up the keyes when you bend them back into position after collisions on the marching field.
i tell students not to march wooden horns, but, when i was your age, all i could afford was one instrument - so i marched my ycl32 for 9 years - throught heat, cold, rain, dry, snow, etc . yamaha's are tanks , it survived.
apul
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2005-08-29 06:44
Pliers should NEVER be used on any part of a clarinet unless the jaws are smooth - no serrations, or the jaws are covered in some way that the serrations have NO chance of contacting the metal of the key.
DIY guys (and band leaders!) have done nasty damage to keys and pivots alike by using inappropriate pliers.
Straightening an unpadded part of a key that is not linked to any other key is normally very quick and straight forward.
A possible complication in your case could be that the original force that bent the key has also loosened a supporting post.
These side keys are usually bent by dropping the upper section while it is disassembled, or by inappropriate alignment during assembly, in which latter case the low left levers may also be bent!
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Author: Sovek
Date: 2005-08-29 18:06
depends, on that I would have fixed it myself, (now that I have done a key transplant on the lower joint), for me, they would have charged as much as they could to fix it, so no thanks.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2005-08-29 22:03
Not all technicians charge a much as they can. There are quite a few who would have done this free of charge for somebody who walked in the door.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2005-08-30 01:54
I also don't, nor do I know any techs (except perhaps one guy I *used* to know) who would charge for such a minor adjustment. Independent -- guy and girl -- technicians are more likely to undercharge for their services, if you want to know the truth....
- r![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif) n b -
Post Edited (2005-08-30 01:55)
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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2005-08-30 02:13
Well, I fixed it. I got it off of EBAY for less than $80 and the key was bent when I got it over a year ago. But, this is the first time that the pad wasn't going back over the hole.
It's fixed.
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