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Author: hammerclarinet
Date: 2015-03-22 03:58
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Not quite enough time in my schedule to get it fixed right now. Any safe suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-03-22 04:04
Put the piece of cork back on and wrap some thread or PTFE tape around it for the time being until you can get it replaced.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: locke9342
Date: 2015-03-22 07:44
You could get rid of all the cork and just wrap with teflon tape. This is what the saxes at my school do for their necks and then they just wrap more whenever they need more.
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2015-03-22 23:30
All of the above solutions are possible. I suspect Chris' suggestion for PTFE tape would be the easiest and most satisfactory. While I do my own recorking and replace tenon corks at the first sign of failure, I do carry a roll of PTFE tape in my gig bag which I have loaned to others several times. Please do not use super glue or any other adhesive that gets completely hard unless it melts with mild heat (eg. shellac). I just spent well over an hour with dental tools chipping off an area of super glue that was used for a temporary repair for a tenon cork. Not only was it a major pain to remove, since it could not allow the cork to flex, it did not work well to hold it on.
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2015-03-23 02:23
A couple of years back I had a clarinet for repair where the students father had glued the reed in place with superglue when the student lost the ligature. It all came out right in the end.
Tony F.
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2015-03-23 23:33
Wow, Tony! You clearly win! How the heck did you get the reed off?
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2015-03-24 09:49
I just soaked the mouthpiece in dishwashing liquid overnight and then peeled the reed off with a craft knife. It left a slight residue, which a wipe with 600 wet and dry removed and it was as good as new.
Tony F.
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