Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 2002/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Alternative to Cork for Tenons
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 22:27:53 -0500

At 03:25 PM 1/12/2002 -0800, Kevin Fay wrote:
>If you have a shrunk tenon cork, however, it's easy enough to swell it up
>again with heat. The classic fix for sax necks is to use a cigarette
>lighter -- probably don't want ot do this on a wood clarinet, though.
>
>. . . try a hair dryer. (This a trick I learned from Morrie Bakun, a
>*great* repair person in Vancouver, B.C.)

I discovered that trick independently. Slather cork grease all over the
neck cork first, then use the hair dryer to melt it in. Does the job
without the danger of burning the cork. It would probably a little rough
on the wood of a clarinet, though, unless done carefully and not for very long.

For clarinets, a good temporary fix is to wrap some dental floss around the
cork. In the old days, it was pretty much standard to use a string wrap
(heavy thread, really) on tenons rather than cork. This is still common
for bassoons.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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