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Author: bombus
Date: 2009-08-15 18:12
The screw for my thumbrest has failed and will not stay tight on the thumbrest. I have a performance soon so can anyone suggest a temporary fix?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-08-15 18:28
Is it a Buffet?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2009-08-15 19:33
It is almost always the male thread on the screw that fails so replacing it with a small screw of same thread size (I think its about 3mm but definately a metric thread) and probably a washer under screw head. You may need to cut/file down the screw length to prevent it bottoming out on the wood of the body.
From memory the screw from a Jupiter sax guard it about the right size.
I always drill a small hole in the body to allow the screw to project a bit further through the thumbrest base but this requires removing whole assembly from the body first.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-08-15 20:27
It's a poor design - there isn't enough thread to be in tension, so inevitably it strips.
I think the Jupiter keyguard screws may be the same thread as some large circuit board mounting screws or similar eletrical screws (I know Yanagisawa ones were) - if you've got an old radio/tape machine that doesn't work, cannibalise it for screws!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Alfred
Date: 2009-08-15 22:00
No, it's your clarinet. Definitely. I used to play on an E11, and it happened twice. In fact, the second time it happened, I never got it fixed, so it's still broken, but I have a new clarinet.
As for a quick fix, I don't have any input. I'll tell you, though, to be aware that it may very well happen again.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2009-08-16 01:11
It's partly because of the crappy metal Buffet has used for these threaded parts.
One solution is to replace the enitire thumb rest with the cheap, better-made, Jupiter one.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2009-08-16 02:55
Gordon (NZ) wrote:
> One solution is to replace the enitire thumb rest with the
> cheap, better-made, Jupiter one.
Gordon is correct, as usual.
When I recently had one of my 60's era Buffets overhauled, I had requested changing the standard thumb rest to a (Buffet) adjustable one.
The repairman later called me, and suggested using the Jupiter thumb rest, instead.
At first I wasn't sure, (probably because of the reputation of Jupiter instruments) but he assured me I'd be far happier with the Jupiter thumb rest. So I agreed to the substitution.
He was 100% correct. It's far more comfortable and contructed to last.
...GBK
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-08-16 19:12
A fixed Buffet thumbrest will go straight on - the holes for the adjustable thumbrest are drilled (stupidly) in exactly the same place as the fixed ones.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: bombus
Date: 2009-08-16 19:20
Would the Jupiter thumbrest also have the same place for the holes?
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