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kuzmiich
(39 points)
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Greetings saxaphone friends
I am borrowing a saxaphone from the school and there is a slight (quite big acctually) problem with it.
My G sharp and my C sharp don't work properly. When i press the button G sharp, the stick goes up but the pad doesn't follow it. It sticks to the saxaphone. Same with the C sharp. I gave it to the school for repair and I got it back today. They blamed me that I spilled something sticky on the saxaphone. Or i've been playing with sticky keys (EVEN if i have, I can't slip my fingers in between the opening). But a I did nothing like that.
They didn't do much and when I play the G sharp, I get a G, and if i wait a moment, the G will turn into a G sharp and it sounds really bad in a piece. Anyithing I could do?
Any suggestions or solutions will be greatly appreciated
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Lera
(1368 points)
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Whell ther is not mutch you can do.
Whell you can try(If your keys are high enough) Get a pad paper(or wide segaret paper), And Wipe the pads,(If sigaret paper then dont ues the glue side)
Or you can try geting a soft cloth and wiping it off,(Just do it carfully so you ont desterb any Mechanism or pads
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Contramaniac
(26 points)
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A quick, yet often effective solution is to take a dollar bill, place it so it's covering the tone hole, and then apply pressure to the top of the key so the pad is pressing down on the dollar bill. Then while the pressure is still applied, pull the dollar bill out from between the hole and the pad. This should clean the pad, and hopefully prevent it from sticking. Best of luck.
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bariamazing
(73 points)
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YAY dallor BILL its also good cause if u ask somebody for the dallor they usually dont want it back lol so u just made a dallor just kidding.
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Lera
(1368 points)
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yes! Dolar bills work too.
Yet it might live some of thet dollar green stuff on your keys.
The rest is what bariamaizing said.
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cjbass
(178 points)
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Yes a dollar bill does work but I wouldn't advise it, imagine all the oily dirty hands that have touched that and now your putting it on your precious, expensive pads. Use cigarette paper like Lera mentioned or a cheaper way is to just use non inked printer paper, just tear it up.
Good Luck.
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Lera
(1368 points)
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The not glossy(Sp) Gift raping paper might work too. (It kind of looks like tissue paper, except it doesnt pull apatr so easely)
But dont use the colored one.
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Lera
(1368 points)
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Are your keys bent? (If they are not you shuld have enough space)
(Just in case you did not know) You use paper on top of pads not in betewwn key and Pad.
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kuzmiich
(39 points)
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If between the keys and the pad you mean in between the pad and the big whole that the pad closes on then no its not bend but the structure doesnt let me slip the paper since my fingers can't successfuly slip it in it ends up scrunching up and yea
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EllieM
(26 points)
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For my two-pennorth ('cause I sometimes get the sticky G# thing), I put a (non-glued) fag paper in between the hole and the pad. Even if the pad won't lift using the key, it's often possible just to lift it manually and hold it there whilst you slide the paper in.
I keep a packet of fag papers in each of my cases for this purpose, so I'm never without. They're also useful for wiping off the reed before putting that away too.
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RamblinRick
(32 points)
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Have you looked into professional input? If the dollar won't work, and your school wont help, it might be best to have a store or pro look at it, see what they say, and if you cant remedy it, get it repaired at a shop.
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Micron
(1328 points)
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Go to sOTW Forum at saxontheweb.net and do a search on "sticky pads". You will find heaps and heaps of discussion there, including a variety of solutions, some good and some bad.
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