June 12th, 2014, 18:31
hello forum as of last week my clarinet started to squeak everytime i would got the 2 register it would stop playing just squeaking , i looked it over and over wetted the pads still no good ,squeak s , so took it in to technician everything looked good under the light , this guy ha s a tool looks like a feeler guage he tested all the pads that are operated by springs (the ones that stay closed) , the pad that was giving me trouble was the second LA key. the pad wasnt sealing due to the key was not closing properly the pin that goes from post to post was not operating freely ,took the pin out oiled it put in back in , bingo the clarinet works again , so the lesson learned even if it looks good with the naked eye have a tech check it out because what looks good to us might not be good at all ,