Clamp On Pinky Hook

[Richard III]

I have an old cornet that never had a hook on the leadpipe. I don't miss it until using a plunger mute. I want a hook that clamps to the leadpipe. My tech said they could figure something out. I don't want to pay the labor plus the hour drive both ways to drop it off and go get it at the end.

There was a question some time back here and one solution was a ring with a clamp. I don't want a ring, just a normal hook.

Any ideas?
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Richard

King 1130 Flugabone
King 12C mouthpiece

[kehaulani]

Why don't you just have a permanent finger hook put on your horn?
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[LittleRusty]

It wouldn’t be terribly hard for a shop to create a clamp on pinky hook. Take a square of metal.

Drill a through hole that is slightly larger than the diameter of the leadpipe. (Larger to give clearance for the felt padding.)

Drill two holes the diameter of the thumbscrew threads require through the block perpendicular to the leadpipe hole but to either side without intersecting the first hole.

Slice the block in half following the first hole’s length and bisecting the thumbscrew holes.

Open up the thumbscrew holes on one half to give clearance for the screw threads. Thread the holes on the other half.

Solder the pinky hook on the threaded side.

Add felt to the leadpipe hole to prevent scratching the leadpipe when installed.

Insert thumbscrews. (McMaster Carr is a good source)

Voila!

[Halflip]

https://imgur.com/a/ComWfxC

I found the above image in this thread:

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=154008

Apparently, clamp-on pinky hooks/rings were an accessory back in the old days when trumpets and cornets didn't have them soldered on. They sometimes turn up on eBay. (You could saw off a section of a ring to turn it into a hook.)

There are other suggestions in the thread. Allied may have clamps that can be adapted, but you would have to go through a tech to see what they have.

You could also do a search on generic hardware "tubing clamps" and see if there is something you could adapt.
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[kehaulani]

I still don't understand the reason of going through all that trouble instead of simply having a tech permanently affix one. It would be quicker and cheaper.
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Benge 3X Cornet
Adams F-1 Flghn

[Richard III]

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[LittleRusty]

Maybe just try a jubilee clip, or hose clamp as we know it in the US, with a real pinky hook and some padding?

[Andy Cooper]

I was going to suggest that you pick up a butane torch and order a finger hook - then I started adding up the costs and shipping and you would be at $30 to $40. I can find no ready made product - I guess you could McGiver something out of 9 gauge wire or brass rod and tape. Bend it into a hook with a long base, file down the bottom of the base to fit the tuning slide tube better and tape it with Gorilla tape.

Do you live an hour outside of town or are you in town?

If you are in town I can make a partial suggestion. Get to know the local band director. Someone has to do repairs for the students - they probably stop by the school once a week to pick up and return. That would at least save you two hours.

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[abontrumpet]

It wont result in a hook, but you could twist a pipe cleaner onto your horn and twist a loop on the top. You can get cool colors too. Glittery ones even.

[Richard III]

[kehaulani]

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[Richard III]

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[Richard III]

I thought I would add a photo to make this clearer of one of the issues. The desirable spot for the hook is very close to a bend in the pipe.

[img]ConnWonder1 by genevie7
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Richard

King 1130 Flugabone
King 12C mouthpiece

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[Andy Cooper]

OK - I think I understand the problem.

Google " Bach 1815 Clamp-on Trumpet/Cornet Lyre Standard"

Remove the lyre from the clamp and substitute a

"Bach 3rd valve slide finger ring".

Put the clamp right after the 3rd valve leadpipe brace and run the finger ring backwards - ring toward the bell.

Saw off the un-needed part of the 3rd valve slide ring - put a notch in it - add a little Loctite to the thread. Sorry - it's a ring not a hook.

Looks like the clamp can be totally taken apart and re-assembled over the leadpipe tube. I'm a little concerned about what happens to a leadpipe that old when you tighten the clamp. Maybe line it with some cork.

Thinking about it a little more - I'm concerned about how high the main screw sits in relationship to the 3rd valve. Maybe you could mount it sideways and bend the finger ring up above the leadpipe.

[ProAm]