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Re: Cementing a broken upper joint

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-12-01 17:37

I've worked on a few bass clarinets in which a previous technician had reinforced a center joint repair with recessed plates that spanned the joint and were screwed in place with three screws on each side. Typically three such plates were installed per instrument. It's a very good fix mechanically, but the plates are quite visible (no big deal) and of course their presence eliminates the possibility of disassembling the two large joints routinely (except for maintenance). It's also a lot of work to make the recesses in the body for the splice plates. This type of fix would be very tough to implement on the usual "Vito bass clarinet break" where the fracture occurs at the sharp juncture of the upper joint's lower tenon, and the upper joint body.

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