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Re: Squeaks on Middle B, C, and D

Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2011-05-05 04:00

Ron Ford is correct, but another thing you should check as a matter of course is your LH throat Ab key (yes, way up at the top of the instrument). The little screw on the top of the key should be adjusted so the A key has just a little play before it lifts the Ab key. This is to compensate for pad and instrument swelling with temperature and humidity changes.

If the swelling is great enough, the instrument may be unplayable. If it's minimal, the problem shows itself mostly in the long-tube notes down low, but the the notes your having trouble with may also be affected.

(I've had students who think that this screw should make immediate contact with the A key, so they screw it down, and later--sometimes weeks later when the weather or they playing schedule has changed, wonder why their horns won't play.)

Hope this helps.

B.

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