From: Fred
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 01:19:25 EDT
Subject: [CB] Making a Rubber Foot for my Peg
After about two years, I wore a hole in the bottom of the original
rubber foot that came on the peg of my Leblanc BBb Contrabass. I
couldn't find anything that might work on the peg until I noticed a
solid rubber stopper that is slightly larger than the original rubber
foot, and has a slightly different shape. The height of the
stopper is 1 inch. The small end is 9/16 inch and the large end
is 3/4 inch. This one came from Lowes, but is probably available
at other hardware stores.
The peg is 7.0 mm in diameter, or 9/32 inch. I used a 1/4
inch drill bit I had on hand, and the rubber stopper was flexible
enough to stretch to fit the peg. I applied a small amount of
Goodyear Pliobond into the hole, inserted the peg and wiped away the
excess Pliobond. The Pliobond acts as a lubricant when inserting
the peg. When it dries, it keeps the rubber foot from coming off
by accident.
Holding the stopper with a pair of pliers, I drilled through the
smaller end, but apparently drilled too far. After a few months,
I wore a hole in that one too. As best as I can tell now, there
was less than 1/8 inch of rubber between the peg and the end of the
stopper. I have just installed my second rubber foot, only this
time I was very careful to leave about 3/8 inch of rubber between the
peg and the bottom of the stopper.
If this one wears out quickly, does anyone know a better way to
make a rubber foot for the Contra peg? Is the correct part a
common item in a musical instrument repair shop?
Fred
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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:39:07 -0400
Subject: [CB] New York Philharmonic Tickets for Saturday, April 9
From: Robert Howe
Hi all
A minor crisis leaves me with two tickets I cannot use, for the
New York Philharmonic. The concert will be at 8 pm Saturday April
9 at Avery Fixcher Hall in Lincoln Center. It has two works:
Beethoven's magnificent Fourth Piano Concerto with Mitsuko Uchida, and
the Seventh (Leningrad) Symphony of Shostakovitch. Semyon Bychkov
conducts. The tickets are in the lower tier, excellent seats,
they cost me $152 total with the internet fee, etc. First person
who says "yes" can have them at my cost.
Because this represents a program change (the "minor crisis" I
alluded to) the Philharmonic has graciously offered to swap these seats
for another concert; so please respond by late Thursday night or I may
take them up on this offer.
Ciao
Robert Howe
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From: Ken Shaw
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 07:21:02 EDT
Subject: [CB] Linton Contra Alto Clarinets
The current Linton contras are Bundy stencils. They have
the identical wide metal ring at the top of the body. They're
decent, about the same level as the Vito.
Ken Shaw
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