Key sticks out (clarinet)?

Question

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I've been playing the clarinet in a club for about seven years, and today during a performance I noticed that one of the keys was sticking out (see photo). Is there anything I can do to fix it myself, or should I take it away? If possible, I'd rather fix it myself, since I'll need it again on Tuesday and Thursday; they don't work that fast. A replacement for those two days is out of the question; I'll be playing with this clarinet.

Please answer what you would do ☺️

Best regards,

Lillifee2008

myrine · Answer

What do you mean? I just don't have anything to look at.

lillifee2008 · Answer

Thank you for your answer. I just don't know which screw that hangs 🫠

emmy4927 · Answer

I know that from my clarinet, too.

There is probably a rectangular, long cork that holds this flap or the rod "smooth" and "even" on its connection and prevents the flap.

It is difficult to get there if you don't know which screws and "sticks" have to be released.

You can try to put a piece of matching self-cut cork (eg flat plate of bastellades, or of/for hat-sized changes) there and glue it with second glue. It's not easy.

I recommend going to a workshop, for such a small piece of instrument builder will not need long, and good, nice workshops do this – my experience – also quickly, sometimes instantly in your presence and do not take much for it.

If you play regularly and often, you should always look for a workshop to which you can go in general and in emergencies.

And if the first upholstery will take into consideration, even in the foreseeable time, a general overhaul with control of all connections and renewal of the upholstery, or plan when this fits in your playing practice.