Clack-valves often dry out and take on a curve which no longer makes a
seal with their housing. The quickest way to check is to extend the
bellows, block the outlet tube with the left thumb, use the ball of the
right thumb to seal the outer clack valve housing and press the bellows
I'm not sure how many people outside the UK will be able to access
this, as it''s a BBC thing and I know there can be problems, but
there's an interesting series of 1/4 hr programmes on the radio this
week called Key Matters.
As links are a problem too I'll type it, go to
Malcolm
. . . blackwood or ebony . . . ? I may live in California, but
my genes are still Scottish! I work everything in maple until I'm
absolutely sure of the dimensions, and only then does the expensive
wood come out!
BTW, I don't know of the availability of maple
Well spotted.
It's odd maybe that Gmaj on NSP has a similar feel to Gmaj on a flute,
(comfortable, in some sense the native key of the instrument) but acoustically
nearer to Fmaj. How much do these associations depend on the context?
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