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Re: Filling Thumbrest Screw Holes

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-08-20 14:36

I never thought of black crayon - that should be ideal.

"A repair person can most likely easily fill holes on a plastic clarinet since most are able to fill cracks in a wood instrument which is a more difficult process since wood isn't as easy to work with that plastic."

Filling holes in wooden clarinets is much easier than on plastic ones - it's also getting the finish good afterwards which is much easier to achieve on wooden instruments than plastic ones especially if the plastic instruments have a high gloss finish. There's much greater risk of melting plastic instruments so that makes getting a good finish more difficult. Plus the fact that some adhesives don't bond so well to plastics. Wood is much easier all round to work on than plastic.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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