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Fitting a floor peg

Author: Tony F
Date: 2013-09-25 00:55

I recently bought a Normandy bass clarinet through that auction site. It's in surprisingly good condition but does not have a floor peg. I've ordered a Leblanc peg assembly from Ferrees (nice people, by the way) and will fit it when it arrives here in Oz. I had thought to silver solder it to the bell, but looking at the bell I see that the tenon fitting is silver soldered to the bell and I will be working only a few millimetres from this joint. Is this going to cause me problems, or should I plan on soft soldering instead. Will this provide a strong enough join?

Looking at the body of the instrument, it appears to have a very expertly repaired centre join. The only evidence of it is that the 5 cm immediately above the join has a slightly different surface texture. The bore is clean and shiny.
Thanks.

Tony F.

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