Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2007/02

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] tuning with epoxy (try 2)
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:08:53 -0500


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Krelove [mailto:karlkrelove@-----.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:50 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] tuning with epoxy (try 2)
>
> Forrest, I'm curious. What is accomplished, if Gary has already
> experimented
> with tape in the holes and found it improved things, by next doing what
> sounds like the same experiment with shoe polish before actually starting
> to
> build epoxy into the hole?
>
> I have to confess, I've used tape to do this and just left the tape in
> place
> once I got the pitch where I wanted it. I guess there's the possibility of
> attracting dust around the edges of the tape, but I never noticed a
> problem,
> and the tape stayed put for years. I remember Tony Pay suggesting
> "bluetack"
> for this (because I had to ask what it was), but I think I remember that
> he
> used it to see if the result was what he wanted before replacing it with
> something more permanent.
>
> Karl
>
>
Karl,

I really don't like the idea of epoxy. I use the wax as a permanent
restoration. I know many repair guys that use this method as well. It stays
and stays and stays....and if you need to change it (maybe changes in barrel
or mouthpiece change tuning)...it's easy.

Forest

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