Doctor
Note Piccolo Repair
Piccolo Play Condition
• Inspect body for straightness
• Examine pads for excessive wear and replace as needed*
• Check mechanism for proper movement
• Replace necessary key corks and felts
• Reseat pads
• Regulate & lubricate mechanism
• Test head cork for good seal and correct placement
• Check head and foot joints for proper fit
• Test play
• Examine pads for excessive wear and replace as needed*
• Check mechanism for proper movement
• Replace necessary key corks and felts
• Reseat pads
• Regulate & lubricate mechanism
• Test head cork for good seal and correct placement
• Check head and foot joints for proper fit
• Test play
Piccolo Tune-Up
- Inspect body for straightness
- Examine pads for excessive wear and replace as needed*
- Check mechanism for proper movement
- Disassemble mechanism
- Bathe body & clean keys
- Replace necessary key corks and felts
- Refit mechanism between the posts eliminating key wobble or binding
- Reseat pads
- Regulate & lubricate mechanism
- Test head cork for good seal and correct placement
- Check head and foot joints for proper fit
- Test play
Piccolo Mechanical Overhaul
- Inspect body for straightness
- Check mechanism for proper movement
- Disassemble mechanism
- Clean and hand polish body & keys
- Replace all pads, corks, and felts
- Replace necessary springs
- Level-reface tone holes as needed
- Refit mechanism between the posts eliminating key wobble or binding
- Seat pads
- Regulate mechanism
- Replace head cork
- Check head and foot joints for proper fit
- Test play

