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 Re: How to increase throat A spring tension?
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2019-02-19 19:30

m1964 wrote:

> I noticed that the throat A and
> lower G# keys would open with even slight air pressure.

> However, bending up the tip in hope it would slide better over
> the metal plate embeded in the grove resulted in non- working
> spring so I unbent the tip back.

Are you trying to increase the tension on the A key? It's normally a flat spring, and you would bend it downward (away from the key). You can improve the glide over the metal inset by lubing the end of the spring with a little Vaseline.

But you can also get more resistance from the A key by adjusting the spring on the G# key. That's a needle spring and may be easier to bend. The resistance of the A key is the sum of its own spring and the G# spring.

Make sure there isn't more than a hair's play between the A and the G# keys. You don't want much room for the A key to move by itself before the G# spring kicks in.

Karl
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