Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 2009/02

From: "Christophe ASTIER" <christophe.astier@-----.fr>
Subj: Re: [kl] Corks for tenon joints
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:27:57 -0500

Hi Kerry,

...foregone conclusion : not exactly, I have used Teflon for over 30 years
now;
and what I write is from this experience.

Regards.

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From: "kerry" <reedman99@-----.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:41 PM
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Corks for tenon joints

>
> Keep all the benefits of the Cork's elasticity? Are you sure; you make it
> sound like a foregone conculsion.
>
> I was/am not worried about the Teflon sticking. Don't know what you are
> getting at or where you are going with that. [ In fact, my concern was the
> opposite.]
>
> No one has addressed cracking and the possibility of a manufacturer
> voiding the warranty. Not that I know that all manufacturers would void a
> warranty because the cork on the clarinet was maintained properly. I ask
> this question, opnly as I have seen many "gotchas" in this world.
>
> FWIW, I ... DO ... think that the teflon tape is an excellent short term
> solution to a cork which falls off, etc..
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christophe ASTIER" <christophe.astier@-----.fr>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Corks for tenon joints
>
>
>> 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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