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Re: Regulating E/B anF/C keys

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2020-11-09 01:16

There are some clarinets where the metal is rather soft and this area goes out of adjustment frequently. Given that the stress bending is how that happens, by extension, I have no qualms with doing some judicious bending to get it back into regulation (and really this can be done on pretty much any clarinet........but some folks will either replace corks to make up difference or add shims of cork).

In your case you need to make the "C" cup lower sooner. Just wedge your thumb under the crow's foot and press against the "C" cup simultaneously (you'll have to do this just enough to bend a little but not bend the cup too far down). If however the "C" cup now hits too soon, just push down on the right hand "C/F" key until you reach the point where both the C and B cups come down together.

...............Paul Aviles

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