Klarinet Archive - Posting 000200.txt from 2009/02

From: "Geoff Secomb" <geoff@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Teflon Tape
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:56:12 -0500


> I just cut about 6 inches and keep adding 6 inches around the joint until
> it fits perfectly and airtight into the tenon. I'm sure there
> are better ways, but this works for me. Nancy Buckman has a different
> system. Experiment. Live on the edge.

Whenever I've used Teflon tape, I haven't complicated things. I don't tie
it on, or tie it off. Simply make sure the cork is clean, hold one end of
tape on the joint, and under slight tension wrap the tape. It stretches as
you go, and this is good thing. Wrap it a few times, stretch it as you tear
it off, and rub your fingers around the joint with a bit of pressure. Try
the joint; if it fits well, you're done, otherwise go again. Because the
tape is what it is (technical talk!) it melds the layers into each other
under pressure, so more rather than less is rarely a problem.

Keep it simple.

Geoff.

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