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Re: What's Gone Wrong PLEASE

Author: kdk ★2017 Date:   2021-01-15 03:35 PeterD wrote: > My Clarinet has started playing 'Silly Beggars', for some > reason I cannot play without extreme difficulty notes above G > upper register. We could probably make better guesses if you could be more specific about the meaning of "cannot play without extreme difficulty." I'm assuming you mean . Is G also difficult? G#? Is there a point as you keep going higher where production becomes easier again If it's a leak, it's most likely the C#/G# pad (if G is difficult) or the one that opens for RH Eb/Bb, although leaks anywhere in the upper section would probably affect the whole clarion register. Check to make sure throat G# and A keys are *both* closing (that the adjusting screw on the A key isn't in too far and holding it open). By all means, check for leaks. If you're not finding anything with the leak light, try using a feeler. Cut a piece of thin plastic (food wrap?) or a sliver of cigarette paper. Insert the feeler under each pad, close the pad and tug gently to see if the pad is pressing on its seat. Test this way at four points around each pad's circumference. In my experience, a feeler gauge of this kind is much more likely to find small leaks around small (LH section) pads than a light. But, if there's no leak, an alternative is to look for a tone hole somewhere near the top of the RH section or the bottom of the LH that should be open when playing the notes above G but that's being blocked by dirt or a torn pad that's sitting in the hole when its key is open. Prime suspects would be the 3rd finger hole on the upper joint or, if G itself is wonky, the hole under the top pad on the lower joint. If G is difficult, it could be a bridge key problem - that it's misadjusted so that top RH pad isn't opening fully. Karl Post Edited (2021-01-15 04:26)

Topics	Author	Date
What's Gone Wrong PLEASE  new	PeterD	2021-01-14 23:21
Re: What's Gone Wrong PLEASE  new	Paul Aviles	2021-01-15 00:27
Re: What's Gone Wrong PLEASE  new	Matt74	2021-01-15 02:06
Re: What's Gone Wrong PLEASE  new	kdk	2021-01-15 03:35
Re: What's Gone Wrong PLEASE  new	PeterD	2021-01-16 18:01

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