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Re: Selmer 9* full-boehm high restistance on right-hand g/d

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-03-24 03:39

You will have to bend keys to get more opening if the pads aren't opening far enough and you're already using thin key corks on the F/C key and the LH F/C lever, but be careful as a lot of older Selmers tend to have dry solder joints on some key arms, cup arms and touchpieces as the solder didn't always flow through the entire joint but just went around the outside edge of the key pieces leaving voids within the joint, so the key arms or feet may suddenly come away from the key barrels without any warning.

While it's relatively easy to repair this kind of thing once it happens, it is a pain as it may involve needing to be replated if the plating gets damaged due to the heat of the hard (silver) soldering process. On unplated keys it's not really an issue as there's no plating to be damaged (but is still an inconvenience), but the immediate area will still need to be tidied up and polished after soldering.

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

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