Clarinet/Sax/Flute repair: Noisy, clicking keys

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6 жыл бұрын

Does your instrument sound like a sewing machine? Does a trill sound like "Click click click click click"? Well, you can fix it yourself safely, quickly and cheaply.
Cork supply: musicmedic.com/products/repair...
This works for ANY woodwind instrument with keys and corks.

Пікірлер: 53

@heythere.ilikebeans.8532 6 жыл бұрын

I love how the app can tell the notes of your voice 😂😂😂😂

@Clarinetfanz 6 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot about how professionals fix every key. This video makes me want to learn more about how I repair any instrument on my own. Thank you for uploading this video.

@nicolej760 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much!!! This clicking has been driving me nuts and I had no idea how to fix it... this video helped me out so much! Thank you

@SarahSkilton 4 жыл бұрын

Really useful information on the the sharpness of the keys if they open too far. Thank you.

@selmer1971 Жыл бұрын

It’s funny. As you talk, your speaking in tune. 🤣🤣🤣

@abedinsubashi 4 жыл бұрын

Title: “Clarinet/Sax/flute Oboe’s, Bassoons, English horns: “Am I a joke to you”

@m0nk036 4 жыл бұрын

Abedin Subashi wtf

@angeldelvax7219 5 жыл бұрын

You could make perfect rounds with hole punches. They are fairly cheap, and you can buy them in any size. (Also an interesting tool if you want to make your own pads for your keys ;) ) Personally I would use bookbinders glue for these things, because it doesn't stain or corrode anything and is easily removable if you want to. But that's a personal preference. It doesn't hold as long as contact cement, but the contact cement can be harder to scrape off if you need to replace the pad.

@meatsupplies5282 5 жыл бұрын

when i saw the cork i thought they were reeds that ur going to shove under the key

@annetteffrench7781 6 жыл бұрын

It seems like after putting the cork on the post, it might have been interesting to see if adding thin cork to the G# Key would have brought it closer to in tuned since you didn't have thick enough cork. Just wondering if cork on cork is a "no go". Thank you for your channel. It has made me more excited about the bass clarinet than my old soprano.

@AndrewBeals 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure who A. C. L- is, but I can guess that she won't like contact cement and key oil on her towel.

@Iceland874 Жыл бұрын

Wonder if that’s the issue with my flute. I think it is. I thought it maybe was the pad was dry and the lack of plumpness caused it to click since it hits metal to metal instead of pad to metal. Thanks for the video.

@caitlynholton1076 5 жыл бұрын

what are your suggestions for a very loud sticky key? ive tried cleaning my instrument, wiping the pads. Is there anything you recommend doing. I have a concert in less than a month and the clarinets have a solo and you can hear my key, LOL😂

@143685753ton22y 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@matthewlee619 6 жыл бұрын

What is the tuner app he is using in in the vid ?

@pedrocarrero9856 3 жыл бұрын

We’re can I get the cement glue because I’m having the same problem

@debb12345 5 жыл бұрын

Could the cork be glued to the key instead? I'd really rather not put contact cement on my clarinet!

@Phoenix3568 6 жыл бұрын

What sorts of repairs do you suggest not doing on bass? I'm pretty comfortable doing work on my Bb/A clarinets so I am curious what you shouldn't (attempt) to do on bass

@earspasm 6 жыл бұрын

Good question. I personally don't change pads-it's not that hard, but it's something that is easily screwed up. Bending metal is also something I would outsource ;)

@Phoenix3568 6 жыл бұрын

Makes sense, thanks!

@jackdolphy8965 6 жыл бұрын

I like to use superglue gel, easy to apply drop by drop.

@gringo949494 6 жыл бұрын

hey man, love your channel. I'm a flute player and just discovered you. I've found a lot of your stuff really helpful and i really like learning about other instruments, but even so, I really wish I knew a channel (or a few) that focused on the flute. Do you know any? Thanks!

@Ethan-on7iz 5 жыл бұрын

Justanotherflutist

@__-bw5bp 6 жыл бұрын

@redeyedfreaks 6 жыл бұрын

This might be a remedial question, but what note do you tune your instrument to? I see that here you tuned the #G of the G. And in most ensembles, everyone goes off an A. But is there a pretty good note to bass ;) everything off of? When I tune to A I notice that my A is a little high and if I adjust to it, the majority of my horn will be low but the A in tune. I know that every note will respond differently and no instrument is perfectly in tune but where (what note) would the "average" be? I probably did a horrible job explaining what I'm asking but hopefully you get what I mean. Thanks! -GM

@joshuahuff607 6 жыл бұрын

Geronimo You tune to every note! Tuning should be a never ending process, use the note that the ensemble tunes to (concert A), but use your ear to tune everything. There will never be one single note to tune everything.

@redeyedfreaks 6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Huff I agree that we all need to make in the moment adjustments when playing in an ensemble, however my question was more aimed at what note would be best for the instrument be physically adjusted to.

@clarinetguyuk 6 жыл бұрын

+Geronimo I use all 3 written 'B's (and 'E's/'F#'s if I have time) to tune with. I use the high 'B' to adjust the neck joint (or between barrel/upper joint), low 'B' to adjust in between the upper/lower joints, and middle 'B' to adjust between the bell/lower joint. This helps me keep all registers (roughly) in tune with each other.

@the_realpapajohn 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Where did you get your beautiful black lacquer bass clarinet? IT IS SO PRETTY, BOTH SOUNDING AND LOOKING.

@CaptainSunFlare 6 жыл бұрын

the_realpapajohn he called selmer and they made him his custom bass for about $15k

@CaptainSunFlare 4 жыл бұрын

@DAVID MELLA might have been

@duncxn 6 жыл бұрын

@Earspasm Music If I want play clarinet professional (clarinet choirs/orchestra), what should I major in in college.

@earspasm 6 жыл бұрын

You should major in PRACTICING. (There are many, many terrific music schools in the world, and in the US-not sure where you live. Buf even if you are at a large university with a good music department, as long as you can find time to practice and have a good teacher, you can prepare yourself for a professional career. Many, many professional clarinetists DID NOT major in music in college, but had a good teacher and practiced their butts off.)

@evanericksonmusic 6 жыл бұрын

Earspasm Music I know you may not look at this, but I am in a similar boat. I am not sure if I want to go to college to major in music, but I want to become one of the best pros out there. If I were to go to school for a, let’s say engineering degree, where would I find the time in the day to practice so so much. And even after college, where would I find time for practice and extra activities after a 6am-6pm job of working my butt off? I’ll be exhausted! I live in Iowa and currently have my teacher (Corey Mackey; he said you two met at a clarinet convention) to give me lessons throughout high school. I know that since I’m a freshman in high school it may be a bit early to worry about this, but I really want to go into music when I am older but I also want to have lots of money to afford nice things and new instruments (which can be risky because performance majors rarely find jobs that suit them that way and I really would not like to be a music educator at a school).

@jasonnovellano3350 6 жыл бұрын

I feel accomplished

@chinmayasalinamakki8137 6 жыл бұрын

Recently I noticed that my register key hasn't been working properly. When I try to articulate notes that use the register key they come out as if I am not pressing the register key. Is this a easy fix or should I take it to the repair shop?

@earspasm 6 жыл бұрын

Chinmaya Salinamakki bass clarinet or clarinet?

@chinmayasalinamakki8137 6 жыл бұрын

Earspasm Music, for the bass clarinet.

@earspasm 6 жыл бұрын

Chinmaya Salinamakki I’d get it repaired.

@seltzerwater1013 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 3 years late but my best guess is that the register key pad is sticking

@jacobdees3882 6 жыл бұрын

I play trumpet, but noice!

@boobsax 5 жыл бұрын

Seems like too much work to me. I’d just stick something under the key and have a repair person fix it next time I’m in the shop.

@BST-ri6gf 6 жыл бұрын

*get ya’ self sum cork*

@RobustEgg 6 жыл бұрын

What tuner is that?

@duncxn 6 жыл бұрын

Ben Jacobson Peterson

@wilhelmbeck8498 Жыл бұрын

Cork and Felt - less noise

@geofixated 6 жыл бұрын

Thin piece of cork. Hmmm, what about... Bread. Apples. Very small rocks. Cider. Grape gravy. Cherries. Mum Churches, churches. Lead, lead. A duck.

@haylie2904 6 жыл бұрын

I play the flute

@seoultrip25 6 жыл бұрын

Fer fecks sake even a mentally impaired hamster could figure out how to solve dat tinkling key by itself.

@caitlynholton1076 5 жыл бұрын

i never knew how to...so i guess i'm now a mentally impaired hamster... HAHAHA okay

@jasonnovellano3350 6 жыл бұрын

Yo I'm the second comment

@mathewwatters5877 6 жыл бұрын

Wait, why am i watching a clarinet repair video, i dont play clarinet