Klarinet Archive - Posting 000334.txt from 1996/04

From: Nate Burk <nathan@-----.COM>
Subj: Carbon banding
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:05:51 -0400

>My R-13 has a gaping pinned crack that George in CT regularly fills with goo
>to keep sealed. (The pins have stabolized it so the crack doesn't reach the
>bore, but it still looks like crap from the outside and the sealer eventually
>starts to fall out).

Though I'm not very familiary with it, you could look into getting the crack
sealed with "carbon fiber reinforcement" or whatever it's called. I guess
what they do is squeeze the crack closed with bands of carbon, which are
very, very strong -- Albert Alphin in Needham, MA says that a crack sealed
with carbon will never open again. I don't know how valid that is, but you
could look into it if you don't like the gook-em you spoke of. Just a though
-- someone else might have more educated comments on carbon banding.

--Nate

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