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Re: Bent key

Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-08-18 14:57

Every repairer should offer a warranty on their work and honour that. Pads that have been installed properly should remain seated - if pads are leaking then that's down to the incompetence of the person who installed them and not any other factor which doesn't involve damage through accident or excessive temperature.

I'm thinking this one pad is just the tip of the iceberg and I'm curious to see what the rest of the instrument is like since being overhauled.

If you haven't got a suitable size flattened steel rod to use to bend the pad cup down with and are worried about using metal (risk of it slipping, etc.), then the heel of an old reed will work once it's been trimmed down to the required width.

But do bend it gently instead of in one go and check the progress with cigarette papers as you go. If you've gone beyond the point where it seats properly so the back of the pad is too light or open, then heat the pad cup and shift the pad around until it seats - as it's already in there at an angle (and sticking out a lot at the front), you can level it up if it's too light at the back after the pad cup has been bent.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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