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Re: My cork just fell off

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2011-12-25 18:32

Don't panic. It's easy to make a temporary fix.

If one of my corks comes off, I usually tear off a short strip of newspaper and wrap the cork back on. Another possibility is to us a small piece of cellophane tape to hold the ends of the cork together. Use as little as possible to avoid expanding the diameter of the tenon and possibly cracking the socket.

The old-fashioned way to attach a cork is to take a piece of stick shellac, melt the tip in a bench burner flame and stick the cork on with it. I takes a fair amount of skill to develop the touch for handling the stick melted at the end.

If you have an instrument repair place withing a reasonable distance, you should get the work done there.

If the cork is the real stuff (not cork crumbs glued together), glue is fine. Epoxy works well and is easy for a repair shop to remove. However, don't use Super Glue, which repair people tell me is almost impossible to remove.

Ken Shaw

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