Re: SBS Marine Band question

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

>
> Grant Kester
>>
>> I have a C Steve Baker Marine Band and the lowest draw note
>> consistently vibrates against the metal cover, making a plinking 
>> sound.
>> Does anyone have any good fixes for this problem? The reed is gapped
>> correctly and I'm reluctant to reduce the gap further. If it was a
>> normal sized Marine Band I could try a Turbolid, but it's an SBS so
>> it's extra long.
>>

  What I do is locate where the reed hits, take off the cover, take a 
ball bearing and place it on the spot and strike the bearing with a 
small hammer while the cover is sitting on soft pine. The dent will be 
hardly noticable.
smo-joe