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Re: Tone holes

Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2012-08-29 21:43

It seems like most of the irregularity in the tone holes has to do with the natural grain of the wood which becomes a little more pronounced as the horn ages. On my older clarinets, you can plainly see the grain but I doubt that slight surface grain would prevent the fingers from sealing. I never had my old Buffet officially overhauled, only a pad or two were replaced, but I did clean out the lower tone holes under the rings. I took off the rings and gently cleaned the tone holes. There was quite a bit of dark dirt that came out of the bore of the tone holes. I then gently reoiled the area in and around the holes with almond oil. I imagine that it would have to be a pretty pronounced grain indentation in order to negatively affect playability. I did use the mixture of ca glue and wood dust to seal the crack in the barrel. When I was done you would almost need a magnifying glass to see the crack on the outside now. I used 1000 and 1500 and then 2000 grit sandpaper followed by a touch of oil. The result looks very professional but I would think you have to be very carefully around tone holes with ca glue. I would tape off and protect anything you don't want the glue to touch.

Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com

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