Stephen Howard email from 2001........
Stephen Howard <
sees...@email.uk> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:04:36 -0700, "Mark Bushaw" <MBu...<<at>>aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I think they say it's a screwless pin design, not a screwless sax. If
you
> >look, you can see screws for the bell/body band, and at the neck tenon as
> >well as the key guards.
> >And just how do you oil the thing? dis-assemble for repair?
> >Guess I'll have to email them to find out.
> >Mark Bushaw
> >
>
> I'm guessing that the key barrels contain a pivot pin backed by a
> spring, which forces the pin into a corresponding hole in the pillar.
> To remove the key, insert a pin into the pillar to push the sprung pin
> in and thus allow the key to be removed.
> It's a kind of a variation on the appalling sprung bush that Selmer
> use on their saxes - which never allows you to achieve that rock-solid
> feel of the old horns.
>
> Wonderful - banishes end to end play at a stroke.
>
> Big problem is - a lot of play is side to side. Not so much a problem
> when the play is on the pillar, but I wonder what happens when lateral
> play pops up in the key barrel when the pivot wears the walls.
>
> I see 'oversized sprung pivots', I see 'key barrel reaming' - but best
> of all I see a couple of noughts on the invoice!
>
> I LOVE this new design - buy one now...please!!
>
> Regards,
>
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> Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
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