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Re: G key sticking when playing G#

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-02-27 19:15

Sometimes if the socket ring is loose it can cause the RH1 fingerplate to bind when the joints are fitted due to the pressure from the upper joint on the socket ring causing the upper RH main action pillar to push against the RH1 key barrel. So have the socket ring checked to be sure and fixed if it is.

If it is due to the adjusting screw tip digging into the cork on the G# pad cup, then have the cork replaced with something harder wearing as natural cork is no good under adjusting screws as they will only chew their way through it.

So have a thin piece of rubberised cork (rubco, tech-cork or gummi-kork) glued on the G# pad cup instead, or have a nylon tip fitted to the adjusting screw. Only problem with nylon tipped adjusting screws is they can create some mechanical noise and oboes already have enough of that as they are.

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

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