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Author: Wayne Thompson
Date: 2003-02-14 22:25
I'm pleased by a minor repair I have made to my new Festival and would like to share it with you all. It had an irritating wobble at the middle joint, made worse because I usually pull out there a mm or so. My dealer replaced the cork and that helped some. I knew that there had been some discussion somewhere here about this so I went looking the other day. I found this note from Clark Fobes in the List Archives: http://www.woodwind.org/Databases/Logs/2001/10/000071.txt. Read this for details and cautions. Simply, he suggests adding a thin layer of superglue to the material of the tenon above and below the cork. I understand superglue, so I just did it. I applied it only to the metal cap above the cork. I doupt that this could add more than a few thousandths of an inch, but it completely eliminated the wobble with no effect on the fit of the cork. I'm pleased.
Wayne Thompson
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2003-02-15 13:34
Cheap, effective and nearly permanent... good onya.
(For those of us unfamiliar with SuperGlue and it's handling, buy the little tube of Glue solvent with the sticky stuff... and have the solvent OPEN when using the glue...)
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Author: dennis
Date: 2003-02-15 13:58
A similar procedure mentioned to me by Guy Chadash is the use of clear nail polish. Not as 'permanent', less messy and when/if necessary, easily removeable.
dennis
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Author: george
Date: 2003-02-17 18:21
I also have used super glue for this purpose, in my case on a wood bass clarinet. Works well. I probably got the idea from reading Clark Fobes comments, but don't remember doing so. I have also used super glue and a careful sanding to rebuild a slightly damaged tone hole, with success so far.
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