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Re: Crow Foot Adjustment

Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-02-18 13:01

As you've got a Yamaha, the keywork on them is very sturdy and the chances of bending (distorting) a pad cup are about as minimal as you can get, unless you use excessive force or apply it in the wrong place.

But the fact remains with the F/C touchpiece and while Yamaha's keywork is fairly sturdy (compared to some Buffet clarinets where the F/C touch is notoriously soft), they can still get bent. On cheap clarinets made of low quality, thinner gauge and much softer nickel silver or brass alloys, pad cups can bend and distort much easier.

The only clarinets I've seen with the strongest F/C touchpieces were Leblancs where the F/C and Ab/Eb keys were mounted completely separate sets of pillars and the F/C touchpiece arm was much shorter as it didn't have to run over the top of the Ab/Eb touchpiece arm and key barrel. Only Leblanc keywork became more conventional in the '90s and they mounted both keys on the same set of pillars as they do on Noblet, Normandy and Vito clarinets, presumably as a cost-cutting measure.

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

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