Klarinet Archive - Posting 000201.txt from 2002/07

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] cork failure **
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:31:37 -0400

Well, of course you can. You can do the whole job with a pocket knife, some
sandpaper, a tube (or bottle) of contact cement and cork.

My only point was that there is a level of craft and skill that a good
technician builds which, along with the right tools (which *can* include a
lathe) results in what we are used to seeing as a finished tenon cork. A
player who does the job once every few years with a knife and sandpaper may
not be able to produce the same result. If what he or she does produce is
satisfactory and functional, then there is no argument - it isn't at its
most basic level a hard job.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph H. Fasel [mailto:jhf@-----.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 3:47 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] cork failure **
>
>
> Actually, I think you can just sand the tenon cork by hand to get the fit
> right. Cork sands very easily.
>
> --Joe
>
> On 2002.07.11 13:40 Karl Krelove wrote:
> > The simple answer is that you need to cut a strip of cork of the correct
> > width to fit the cork area of the tenon and the correct length
> to slightly
> > overlap when firmly pressed onto the wood of the tenon. Then apply the
> > adhesive (usually contact cement applied to both the cork and
> the tenon and
> > allowed to dry for a few minutes) and press the cork down onto
> the tenon.
> >
> > Without a lot of luck, though, this won't provide a very good
> looking joint
> > and may not even work well. Many details need to be attended to: the
> > thickness of the cork; the way you bevel the sides of the cork
> so they will
> > fit properly in the groove and the ends so they overlap each other to
> > provide a more or less smooth (unbulged) seam; the degree to
> which you pull
> > the cork to make it seal tightly against the wood without
> tearing it. All of
> > this is very hard to describe - it's more easily shown by someone who
> > already knows what he or she is doing. Most of the
> shop-installed corks I've
> > had have been made with an over-thick cork and brought down to
> the correct
> > thickness to fit the socket by turning it on a lathe and using
> an abrasive
> > of some kind to shape them -something you aren't likely to be
> equipped for
> > at home.
>
> Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
> Decision Modeling and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
> University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
> Los Alamos National Laboratory post: D-7 MS F609; Los
> Alamos, NM 87545
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