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Re: Buffet Alto Clarinet Rod & Pivot Screws

Author: Chris P
Date: 2023-06-01 21:04

Measure the diameters and the lengths of all the damaged rods, publish your findings on here and I'm sure we can recommend some alternatives for you.

I recently had to replace all the worn out rod screws on an old Selmer Sterling plateaux clarinet and went up 0.1mm in diameter from the originals as that made for a much better fit in the pillar heads as well which is equally as critical as the fit in the key barrels, if not more so in some cases.

All the 1.8mm diameter ones were upped to 1.9mm (same as Marigaux oboe cross key screws) and the 2.1mm diameter ones were upped to 2.2mm (the same as B&H clarinets).

The threads were tapped out accordingly - I forget what the narrow diameter thread size was (probably M1.7x3.5), but the larger ones were all tapped out to M2x0.4. The adjusting screws were all replaced with M2x0.4 ones with a 2.4mm diameter head (same as Howarth oboe adjusting screws).

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

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