Re: CX12 tight slide action

[Snaruhn@xxxxxxx]

Hi Ken,

you talked right about that point I meant with the PS in my post.:

< I also filed and rounded the ends of the metal bottom plate that holds=20
< everything together so that the metal corner stops do not keep hitting the=
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< cover when you push and slide the back plate off and on which could damage=
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< the cover or wear on the slot opeenings.  I got this tip from G's website=20
at: >

I got this tip not from G=B4s website but developed this measure when Hohner=
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send
the first black CX 12 to a customer, a fried of mine. It happened that I jus=
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visited=20
him on the day the postman had delivered his CX 12 and he was eager to show=20
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how easily the CX 12 can be taken apart. Orrps, because he was not cautious=20
enough
he broke the cover slots when removing the spring band.=20

I not only rounded the sharp band edges but also filed them back so that you=
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needed to to press down only one band end to get the band free.=20

I had known whether you did it that the same way?

OTOH, I=B4m astonished that you worked the slide tabs inside the mpc. Normal=
ly,=20
the
slide tolerance is too great - the slide is waggling or wobbles which is the=
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reason why
the CX 12 slide doesn=B4t stick as other chrom slides.

CXfried
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you mentioned In einer eMail vom 05.04.04 22:18:51 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop.=20
Sommerzeit schreibt airmojo@xxxxxxxxxx:


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> Hi Ric,
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> Check to see if any of the plastic tabs on the upper part of the comb may=20
> have broken off.  This would be right below the mouthpiece.
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> I had some break off of my CX-12 after I had dropped it.  I didn't realize=
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> the tabs had broken off until I had problem with the slide sticking.
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> I removed the spring and plastic button from the slide, then with the slid=
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> all the way out, started pushing the metal slide back in to see if I could=
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> feel where it was hanging up in the tight spots.
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> I used a sharp knife to shave small amounts off of the underside of the=20
> mouthpiece where the tightness occurred--shaving from the button-side to t=
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> other side, hole by hole, checking with the slide after each shaving-adjus=
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> This got my CX-12 back into working order.
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> I like my tenor CX-12, but hate all the plastic pieces.
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> I also filed and rounded the ends of the metal bottom plate that holds=20
> everything together so that the metal corner stops do not keep hitting the=
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> when you push and slide the back plate off and on which could damage the c=
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> or wear on the slot opeenings.  I got this tip from G's website at:
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> http://www.angelfire.com/music/HarpOn/maintassemb.html#cx12work
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> Hope this helps!
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> Ken Hildebrand
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