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Re: Loose Joints

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2011-06-14 11:51

The middle tenon on my very old R13 had gotten worn and rounded and wobbled even with a tight-fitting cork. My repair tech removed wood at the end of the tenon so it was even with the rest of the area the cork lies and then installed a wider cork to fit the whole area down to the end of the tenon. It seems over several years of very limited use (it isn't my primary instrument) to have held and solved the problem. I'm sure if it hadn't stabilized the joint the next step would have been no rebuild the end of the tenon, I've seen brass tenon ends even on some new instruments, but I suspect the end could also be rebuilt somehow with a grenadilla ring cut to fit over the end of the tenon to replace the original edges.

Karl

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