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Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2007-11-06 22:09
Just thought I would pass this fix on to you. I am using a new barrel on my Buffet...it wobbled slightly and was disconcerting during performance. My repair tech suggested dental floss around the non corked part of the tenon. I wrapped it around and some on the cork ...then applied cork grease and put things together. The dental floss worked in very nicely- sort of melding into the area. Voila...no more wobble! All the best.
Freelance woodwind performer
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-11-07 03:50
I prefer teflon but I guess dental floss works too. Probably a more lasting solution (which I haven't tried yet) other than making a sleeve is to use the black synthetic cork from Kraus Music (sold only to instrument repairers) instead of natural cork. By the way, I'm talking about the situation where it is not a too thin cork that causes the wobble, but the tenon. If it's just the cork then changing the cork is not expensive anyway.
Post Edited (2007-11-07 06:58)
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2007-11-07 04:36
it's not a new idea, but it's still a usable technique. wrapping thin string around cork multiple times will get a better fit as the layers will make the cork bigger. only consequence is that when you remove the string, you have an indentation on the cork which might be slightly smaller than when you first had the wobble. a way to get around it is to use a lighter and gently make passes of the flame under the cork (heat warms up the glue under the cork and expands the area) which thus resets the cork to it's original size if sanding wasn't done to it.
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