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Now I'm going to show you some things about bent water keys. This one here is bent and
it is hitting the slide tube which is not a good thing, because you can about imagine,
over time it's going to make a little dent in your slide which will make the slide not
properly work. So we'll take our little round nose pliers and, this one doesn't need to
be moved too much, and if you feel a little squeamish about doing this, go ahead and just
take it to your local repair facility. I'm using my thumb as well as the pliers for a
little bit of leverage, and we just want to move that over just a little bit to get it
into the proper position. And if this is not, if this is bent, the key part that covers
your water key hole, if that is bent then your slide will leak, you won't play properly.
So it's very imperative that your water key works properly on your trombone. And that
is how to properly repair a bent water key.