How To Tighten Clarinet Keys and Levers

This video is about how to tighten woodwind keys. There are some keys that use hinge rods and there are some that use pivot screws. This video is about the keys and levers that use hinge rods. The video about how to tighten keys that use pivot screws has not yet been published.
You can get the Swedging Pliers t Ferree's Tools: ferreestoolsinc.com
The order number for Swedging Pliers is E2A.
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[@richardtierney7885]

thank you for your kind and well-edited instructions

[@stevecramer9233]

Great video, thanks! I have a smaller swedging pliers, and guess I should buy a much larger one like you use. Adding to my wish list! Certainly will save my hands from having to grip so much.

[@javierquesada798]

teacher I had to make my own

[@ScottWayneJackson]

Are you going to show how you did it?

[@arto1789]

Fine!
I Wonder if It would be possible to tighten also A- and Ab- keys in that way?
Their loosnes may cause leaks wich affects allmost all the notes of the clarinet.
But challenge may be the small size of A- and Ab- keys
I think.

[@TheBrassandWoodwindShop]

This pliers will not work on all keys because the tubes are too short to hold on to. There is another type of swedger that will work on some, but not all, shorter keys tubes.

[@ScottWayneJackson]

The new version of the Ferree tool has changed a bit:
www.ferreestoolsinc.com/products/compound-leverage-pliers

[@user-uq8uq7nt1q]

i ordered a used clarinet and the lever is loose (barely on the clarinet).

[@user-uq8uq7nt1q]

My clarinet has a loose hinge rod (not lever)

[@joeenglert]

dang...this guy's voice sounds exactly like underdog's voice wtf?