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Re: Replacing springs on pre-boehm clarinets

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-03-22 03:55

And the way they're sprung (the free end is nearest the key barrel), they dig into the body when the keys are pressed or wear out the metal saddles inset into the body to make them run smoother.

When exactly was the flat spring mounted in the way we're accustomed to nowadays with the free end at the touch end and screwed on beyond the key barrel on the pad cup side?

Apart from the trill key springs on clarinets which haven't got any room under the key barrels to run (and are often mounted in the ancient way), the majority of flat springs are mounted in this way.

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

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