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| jaybird |
 Dec 30 2004, 05:17 AM
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The G key on my soprano is sticking. It doesn't come far enough up to activate the octave key - The ocatave keys don't switch from the one the body to the one on the neck unless I push the G key out. Is this a problem that I can fix myself?
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| MikeD |
Dec 31 2004, 07:30 PM
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If your G key is sticking, you can take a $20 bill (It can be any clean bill) and place it under the key. Press the key down and slowly pull out the bill. Do this several times. This should help to unstick the key.
If the key is not stuck, but doesn't come up, you may need to move the spring into place. Look at the side of the sax and see how the springs lift the keys. See if your G key spring is not engaged. Good luck. |
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| aaamusicianaaa |
Nov 28 2005, 03:19 AM
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The best stuff I've found is Charlie A's Gig Dust & Crud patch. It's around $10. You'll LOVE it!
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| itsabadreed |
Nov 28 2005, 04:21 PM
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I find cigarette papers work better than bills(never know what residue is on them).
On top of that, rub some old fashioned lemon juice on the pads. It helps them from sticking. -------------------- “The trouble with most musicians today is that they are copycats. Of course you have to start out playing like someone else. You have a model, or a teacher, and you learn all that he can show you. But then you start playing for yourself. Show them that you’re an individual. And I can count those who are doing that today on the fingers of one hand.”
“Originality’s the thing. You can have tone and technique and a lot of other things but without originality you ain’t really nowhere. Gotta be original.” - "Prez" |
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| Jimmy Scimonetti |
Nov 28 2005, 05:04 PM
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Lemon Juice? Won't the sugar on the juice just make the pads sticky?
Another product is "Yamaha Papers" which is basically just cigarette papers with powder on them. The powder on the papers end up building up on the pads, however, and makes them stick even worse. The real advantage with Yamaha papers (and "Players" papers) is that a soccer mom who plays at her local church orchestra doesn't have to go to the liquor store to purchase "Zig Zags" to keep her oboe from sticking. So far, the worst pad treatment I've come accross was a healthy does of Saddle Soap applied to the pads. It cost him $350 for a new set of pads. -------------------- Jimmy Scimonetti
Scimonetti Band & Orchestra Lancaster Ca Toll Free (855) LA-BAND1 http://www.scimonetti.com |
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| itsabadreed |
Nov 28 2005, 05:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 196 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Toronto, ON, Canada Member No.: 620 |
It was a tip from the Sax Dr. Emilio Lyons. It's worked great for me. I've been doing it for a couple of years now. I used to have a horribly sticky G# and since then, it nearly never sticks unless I haven't played that axe for a while.
-------------------- “The trouble with most musicians today is that they are copycats. Of course you have to start out playing like someone else. You have a model, or a teacher, and you learn all that he can show you. But then you start playing for yourself. Show them that you’re an individual. And I can count those who are doing that today on the fingers of one hand.”
“Originality’s the thing. You can have tone and technique and a lot of other things but without originality you ain’t really nowhere. Gotta be original.” - "Prez" |
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| hellasaxophone |
Nov 28 2005, 10:43 PM
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QUOTE(jaybird @ Dec 29 2004, 09:17 PM) The G key on my soprano is sticking. It doesn't come far enough up to activate the octave key - The ocatave keys don't switch from the one the body to the one on the neck unless I push the G key out. Is this a problem that I can fix myself?  In my opinion dollar bills would be the best idea, all you have to do is go to the bank get some fresh dollar bills and clean the pad that is sticking. |
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