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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-11-20 19:50
Undercutting *can* raise the pitch slightly, but it can be done carefully, a little at a time and you'll know if things are improving or not. The pitch can be brought back down with a little tape at the top of the tone hole (I assume you're considering this for the small hole between LH 1st and 2nd fingers?) without, I think, defeating the effect of the undercutting on the response.
Is it possible that the pad over that hole (again, between LH 1st and 2nd fingers) is too low? The height (and that of the 2nd finger ring) is controlled by the bridge keys - maybe a mis-adjustment there or the pad is just too thick? Check and consider this before doing any undercutting. You could take the entire key rod off (it ends in the upper bridge key) and see if there's any improvement with no pad at all over the hole.
Karl
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jthole |
2016-11-20 18:51 |
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2016-11-20 19:33 |
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kdk |
2016-11-20 19:50 |
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2016-11-20 20:00 |
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2016-11-20 20:22 |
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