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Re: cant get this note to play right

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2008-04-16 02:04

Dear Mr. Palanker,

Are you saying that you DON'T bend keys? Though there are many instances where natural wear and tear of corks, felt, pads, call for suitable replacement or other such repair, I find a gentle "nudging" of the keys an easy fix in MANY circumstances. Heights of keys, heights of rings and the nagging hair trigger adjustment of the "1 and 1" Bb are instances where judicious bending can be a positive boon.

I wouldn't recommend someone just start bending things like crazy, but it should be in the arsenal.

Of course the pot metal keys of the cheap Boosey and Hawkes clarinets of years past gave a really bad rep to the idea.....the keys would just snap in two.

.........Paul Aviles

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