Klarinet Archive - Posting 000547.txt from 2001/04

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] binding for cracks
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:27:04 -0400

Yes, but will they stoop to working on a Leblanc?

--- Gregory Smith <Gregory@-----.com> wrote:
> Hi Lori,
>
> The Brannens repair this type of thing all of the time using superglue (if the
> crack is not too big). They have been quite successful using this technique and the end
> result looks beautiful - as if nothing ever happened. They're method seems a bit less
> drastic than installing a band.
>
> They're in Tue, Th, and Fri, 8:30 - 4:30 Central time. 1.847.866.7576
>
> Say hello for me, will you?
>
> Thanks and
>
> All the best,
>
> Gregory Smith
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <LoriLovato@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 5:00 PM
> Subject: [kl] binding for cracks
>
>
> > Hello List,
> > Feeling a bit blue today, a wonderful
> > Leblanc top joint cracked day before yesterday....
> > right before performing the Saint Saens Organ
> > Symphony! I filled it with bee's wax by heating
> > a screw driver, holding it in the wax and drawing
> > on the crack. Got through the performance just
> > fine, but was talking to our local repair person today
> > and she suggested we put a graphite band around
> > the wood. Has anyone had any experience with
> > this? Comments? Does Brannen use this
> > technique?
> > TIA.
> > Lori Lovato
> > 2nd/Eb NMSO, SFS
> >
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