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Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:48 pm
by Dan Schultz
A friend of mine had a stroke a while back. Although he's making a recovery and coming back to playing his tuba/sousa.... he's having a tough time keeping his fingers on top of the fingerbuttons. I removed the busted pearls from some old Conn fingerbuttons and turned brass discs to fit in the recesses. Then.... soldered clarinet barrel rings to them. Once the caps are screwed onto the stems, the disc/ring assembly is applied in the correct orientation to the fingerbutton recess with two-faced tape.
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:22 pm
by Schedonnardus
clever! i like it.
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:06 am
by Heavy_Metal
+1.... nice job.
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:54 am
by Kevin Hendrick
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:55 am
by bisontuba
Nice!!!!
Mark
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:45 pm
by Conn 2J CC
That's one of the reasons I like this board - getting to see a neat idea someone in the TubeNet community pulled off for the benefit of a fellow musician. Well done, Dan. Well done.
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:19 am
by MartyNeilan
It's about time somebody found a good use for clarinets.
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:46 am
by windshieldbug
Having been there for a different reason, I both appreciate the usefulness AND the solution.
Well done, sir!
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:34 pm
by ken k
i always thought these would be great for my beginner trumpet players who never oil their valves and complain in the middle of rehearsal that their valves dont work....at least they could push them up...
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:52 pm
by jcfield
Dan, while the double face tape Failed. I got the buttons epoxied and gave the horn a light workout tonight! Now just get some strength and dexterity back in the hands and the chops.
Can't thank you enough for help getting me back in a chair
John
Re: Bloke Finger Buttons Pshawww!
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:12 pm
by Dan Schultz
jcfield wrote:Dan, while the double face tape Failed. I got the buttons epoxied and gave the horn a light workout tonight! Now just get some strength and dexterity back in the hands and the chops.
Can't thank you enough for help getting me back in a chair
John
Yeah... Like I said Monday night at Shrine Band.... I was a little concerned about the strength of the two-faced tape. But... at least it got us pointed in the right direction. Hope the epoxy holds up!
