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Re: Replacing springs on pre-boehm clarinets

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-03-20 23:20

You can drill the rivets out, then fit new ones into the holes (made from nickel silver rod of the correct diameter) and flatten them on an anvil to hold the spring in place, then file, paper up and polish the top side so it's flush and smooth with the touchpiece. There should be a slight countersink on the top side to allow the rivet to take purchase and so there's still enough flattened out to prevent it coming loose once it's filed down.

Or you could drill part or all way through the touchpiece, tap it out and use the same sized screws so the flat springs can be replaced much easier if they break in the future. The ends of the screws showing on the touchpiece can be filed/papered/polished smooth - you'll see a lot of older simple systems have the ends of the screw showing up as a dot in contrast to the touchpiece.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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