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Author: jules lawrence
Date: 2001-06-13 14:37
I,ve owned two tenor saxes ...a recent yamaha and now a Conn super conqueror from 1937 . Both hve been afflicted with a tendancy for the g# to stick itself down ( its not a spring issue , solely the key " glueing" itself in position and not responding when I hit the left-hand little finger key .....any remedial ideas
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Author: sax2flute
Date: 2001-06-13 19:35
A little bit of No-Stick pad powder (I have heard baby powder works too) should do the trick.
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Author: Mark
Date: 2001-06-17 21:07
I've heard that saxophone pads by Jim Schmidt have solved that problem for some. I'll post the web site if a search doesn't locate it easily for you.
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Author: Andrew Burke
Date: 2001-06-18 18:44
What I do to remedy this is take a dollar bill fold it up and then put it under the pad. Then close the key down on the bill and move the dollar around. You can also have a flat spring put under the G# lever so that when you press the key the sring will bring the G# key up. You would have to have some one who knows what they're doing to put this on your sax but it would eliminate your problem completely.
http://www.saxgourmet.com/saxmods.html
This web site shows a picture of the G# lever design and they can add it to your saxophone if you've got the money also.
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Author: Tsaxwrocks
Date: 2002-02-09 11:34
ive got da same prob for my octave key : (
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Author: MICHAEL W BROWN SR
Date: 2004-08-23 16:30
jules lawrence wrote:
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I,ve owned two tenor saxes ...a recent yamaha and now a Conn super conqueror from 1937 . Both hve been afflicted with a tendancy for the g# to stick itself down ( its not a spring issue , solely the key " glueing" itself in position and not responding when I hit the left-hand little finger key .....any remedial ideas
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