Klarinet Archive - Posting 000509.txt from 1996/12

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Re: humor? (fwd)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 04:07:20 -0500

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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 12:21:02 -0600
From: Neil Leupold <nleupold%POST.CIS.SMU.EDU@-----.UK>
Subject: Re: humor?

On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Steve Prescott wrote:

> I found this message on the Klarinet list. I thought I'd post it here for
> your amusement

> >Somebody knows what kind of glue can I use?
> >Is "super glue" good for that task?

I'm completely ignorant to these issues. Steve implies that Super Glue
is not suitable for use as pad glue. I'm sure he's right, but I have
no idea why. What is it about Super Glue which makes it unsuitable?

Neil

Neil et al.
What makes super and other ordinary glues *bad* is that they are
effectively irreversible - if a pad gets worn or damaged, you can't get
it out without making a hell of a mess.
Unfortunately, not all of us have a Steve P. on hand when something goes
wrong with a pad - usually one falling out unexpectedly when you're about
to play. The emergency trick is to heat the key cup *carefully*, preferably
with a controllable cigarette lighter, so that the glue melts and the pad
may be
re-stuck, as long as the right adhesive has been used. It may work O.K.
afterwards, or it may not. If a pad has fallen out, there is a good chance
it is no longer in the condition it ought to be in. (Possibly most
subscribers know most of this already). If you do have to renew a pad
yourself, again it may work well enough - or not. Ideally, the cement has
to be an even layer in the cup and not too thick. What you can't allow
for are the idiosyncrasies of alignment of your instrument, Assuming
you've taken the key off, it may behave differently when it's put back from
how it did originally .......etc., etc.
Roger Shilcock