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My baritone seems to have gone slightly out of adjustment. It's a Selmer Serie III and hasn't been dropped or knocked but does get played quite a bit. The pads all seem to be sealing well, so I think the issue may be to do with mechanical linkages. I have looked in @Stephen Howard saxophone Haynes manual and the advice about the low A seems generic, which I guess it has to be to apply to all the different makes and models.
The Low A key operated with the LH thumb should close any of the other bell keys (C#, B, Bb) that are not already being closed by their own LH pinky key. I just noticed today that the Low A no longer properly closes the C# if that is being held open and so the Low A won't sound. It used to do that and it is quite convenient one some runs to leave the C# depressed (and so open).
I think the baritone mechanism Low A probably varies from maker to maker and even model to model. On the Serie III there are various connections, some of which have adjusting screws and bumpers.
There is a lever arm connected to the low C# pad cup sitting near the low B pad cup and it has an adjustment screw/bumper that is operated by the low A mechanism. Can the form techs advise me whether that adjustment is likely to be what needs tweaking and how best to go about it ?
Rhys
The Low A key operated with the LH thumb should close any of the other bell keys (C#, B, Bb) that are not already being closed by their own LH pinky key. I just noticed today that the Low A no longer properly closes the C# if that is being held open and so the Low A won't sound. It used to do that and it is quite convenient one some runs to leave the C# depressed (and so open).
I think the baritone mechanism Low A probably varies from maker to maker and even model to model. On the Serie III there are various connections, some of which have adjusting screws and bumpers.
There is a lever arm connected to the low C# pad cup sitting near the low B pad cup and it has an adjustment screw/bumper that is operated by the low A mechanism. Can the form techs advise me whether that adjustment is likely to be what needs tweaking and how best to go about it ?
Rhys