Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 2009/12

From: "Keith Bowen" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Buffet crack repair question
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:56:41 -0500

It should really be repaired professionally (and then you won't see the
join, and it will be as strong as new).

Superglue would be about the worst to use. You should not force the crack
closed to glue it (which is what superglue needs) as it will only split
again there or somewhere else. The principle is that you first strengthen
the part by pinning, banding or carbon fiber banding, then fill the gaps
with a filler that is usually powdered granadilla mixed with epoxy, then
smoothen and polish the surface to match the wood.

I'm a professional engineer and amateur woodworker and do almost all my own
maintenance. But I don't do cracks.

Keith Bowen

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Gray [mailto:agray@-----.com]
Sent: 20 December 2009 04:15
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Buffet crack repair question

I have a long crack in the bell joint of my older Buffet clarinet.
Can I repair this by glue? Supperglue?

Al Gray in Medicine Hat, Alberta

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