Klarinet Archive - Posting 000203.txt from 2001/01

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: [kl] Epoxy for ring on tenon socket?
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 04:26:22 -0500

The socket end of my bell has shrunk enough that the metal ring
falls off whenever I assemble/disassemble my clarinet. A repairman
whom I trust told me to clean the ring and the wood with alcohol and to
glue them back together with epoxy. But I forgot to ask him one
detail, and now he's gone for a couple of weeks:

Given that the wood will continue to move with changing seasons and
conditions, should I put the epoxy only on a small portion of the
circumference, thereby not trying to lock the wood motionless around its
entire circumference? Or should I glue the entire circumference? Or
does it matter?

It seems to me that locking up any future stresses (by gluing the
entire circumference) would be a bad thing, but I thought I'd ask.

Thank you,
Bill

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