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Re: Thinking out of the box

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-04-22 20:35

JJRC - "My suggestion was that if the sliver key is left off the tonehole lip could be damaged. This might affect pad seating in the key was they wanted again. Most clarinet seem to have marks/small dents where they’ve been knocked at some point. That could happen where there’s an unprotected tonehole lip. I don’t see my suggestion as over-thinking, rather it’s just one other consideration when trying to decide what to do if the sliver bothers you."

Simple solution - just put the key back on as I've already stated. That's not too difficult to comprehend nor achieve.

If you do prefer to leave the key off for whatever reason, then you can always fit another cork pad that sits above the level of the tonehole crown and that will protect it. I've done that on my bass and basset horn as well as removed the pillars and plugged the pillar holes with threaded plugs made from sawn-off pillars.

Have you ever looked closely at the tonehole crowns on most brand new wooden clarinets? They're hardly perfect and yet they still passed quality control.

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

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