Improvements...
The mechanism that holds the tripod in place often slipped and I would find the base resting completely on the floor. To keep it from slipping, I scored the shaft to lock in the two rings that tighten on it.
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In this image, you can see the rings locked in place. I also replaced the original fastener with a stainless steel wing bolt.
The felt-lined rest that holds the bassoon was too narrow to accept the width of both long and wing joints together without crushing the whisper key mechanism; so, I widened it.
The cork serves 2 purposes: it provides the proper amount of space to hold the long joint without any horizontal movement, and it holds the wing joint in a position that keeps the whisper key mechanism from being crushed.
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