Klarinet Archive - Posting 000345.txt from 2009/02

From: "Christophe ASTIER" <christophe.astier@-----.fr>
Subj: Re: [kl] Corks for tenon joints
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:56:20 -0500

Probably you have to keep in mind that we use teflon tape OVER a proper
cork.
Doing that, we keep all the benefit of the cork's elasticity, and of the
teflon's property
to never stick.

Christophe.

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From: "ksmill" <reedman99@-----.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 7:42 PM
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Corks for tenon joints

>
> While I can see the use of Teflon & similar tapes or tenon filling
> materials like floss, I am sitting here and thinking about a Bell dropping
> and hitting the floor on someone using the tape as described. Of course,
> the same thing could happen with a loose connection using cork. However, I
> have never seen that happen in thousands of clarinets. Cork has some
> degree of outward pressure which it exerts from inside the connection.
> Does teflon tape exert the same outward pressure? BTW: I don't think this
> same problem would be experienced in the same manner on the 2 upper
> connections as the mouth & hands help keep things in place.
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