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Re: question for the upper A key

Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-08-11 16:37

I mostly play Boosey and Hawkes instruments. One of the things they never did very well was the shape of the key touches. B & H are notorious for their fat keys, and the keys on mine have been considerably thinned where necessary. This helps prevent problems such as mentioned here.

The Ab key caused me real problems until I remodelled it. The sliver keys were also very generously proportioned, and when these were thinned it almost eliminated spurious squeaks. The A key and the register key have been shortened and reprofiled.

These simple modifications have made the instruments a pleasure to play. I often wonder why B & H persisted with these fat keys. A lot of B & H instruments I've seen have been similarly modified, so I'm not unique in this.

Tony F.

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