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Re: Extra keys

Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-11-22 23:45

Ned,
I was interested to read about your 1918 buffet losing its edge after years of playing well. A few months back I checked out an old Selmer for an elderly gentleman who complained of the same sort of problem. The pads were in good condition, the venting seemed to be as it should be and springs and general mechanical condition was pretty good, but the problem was still there.

Following up on something I read on this bboard a while back I rigged a dentists mirror and checked the condition of the tone-holes from inside the bore. I found that they were all partially occluded with a build-up of very hard crud which narrowed the base of the tone-hole. I don't have the tools to clean them up from the inside, but a bit of careful work through the tone-holes with a riffler file removed the crud and restored the performance. Might be worth a look. I've since found and fixed the same problem on my circa 1900 Thibouville-Lamy.

I note from your email address that we're pretty close, I'm up the hill in Emerald.

Tony F.

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