Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 2004/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinet cracked!!!!
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 00:41:15 -0500

At 07:32 PM 1/1/2004 -0600, Robert Whiteside wrote:
>A great repair man Hans Moenig used to hand the instruments over a steam
>heater so that the crack would come together naturally and then securer it
>in some fashion at that point. Super glue is great but I think the horn
>should be back to its original humidity level before attempting anything.
>Pinning, only by an expert, is a good idea still.

I belive the repair guys in our shop use super glue IN ADDITION TO pins for
large cracks. Super glue alone can handle some small ones, or fill old
pinned cracks that have re-opened slightly.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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