Palm keys on my new SX90R alto

[Joe Jazz]

Hey, how come there are no instructions with my sax on how to adjust the palm keys? Was I supposed to have been born with that knowledge? HELP, PLEASE? Thanks!

[Big Nick]

My one came with a little spanner(wrench) that you use to loosen the locking nuts on the touch pieces which then screw up or down.

[Joe Jazz]

THANKS BIG NICK! I'll give it a try!

[Joe Jazz]

Big Nick-Worked fine after you explained it! Thanks again!

[Arcadeburner]

I just got my SX90R, but how do you keep the palm keys from spinning around once you've used the wrench to loosen them?
is it supposed to be like that?

[shmuelyosef]

You need to tighten the nut back up while holding the touch piece in position...some people find this a bit tricky and there have been reports of folks breaking the key during this operation. The design is weaker than a welded design. I used to think that this was a great feature, but have gotten quite practiced at doing polished/shaped risers out of some nice colored epoxies (if you mix brass-filled epoxy with yellow, you can match the lacquer pretty well, or just go with blue or red, etc...for a cool accent, or black for uber-kool)