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Re: String instead of cork

Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-06-15 23:34

In the bassoon world you find 50/50 thread/cork joints. I have done some experimentation on my Fox which comes with threaded tenons and changed them to cork having done the whole process once before. Thread tenons make the horn feel a little more personal and up close but do have a detrimental effect on projection. Cork feels a bit tighter and seems to produce more volume. There are a plethora of opinions on which is best and I think personal choice is the issue. I would re-thread about half a dozen bassoons, oboes or cor's per year and cork probably double. I have seen some players who have a combination of both on a bassoon, generally cork on the wing and string on both ends the long joint. Crooks/bocals are generally corked but were once also threaded. Thread jints are a little easier to put together across the climactic range but also suffer shrinkage.

It should be remembered that clainets and indeed oboes are made out of a harder wood which has less "give". They often have sleeving or flush bands which goes some way to negating the effect of the thread. You can thread clarinet tenons with little detrimental effect. Although the increased cost makes it a little pointless. You would also find that you had to adjust the threading regularly. Threaded joints are a little proned to holding water.

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