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Author: Tony F
Date: 2016-11-12 11:08
While chasing a fuzzy note on my B & H Imperial I eventually traced it to some gouges in the tone hole chimney, the one on the lower joint nearest the r/h pinky cluster. It looks as though sometime in the past somebody has used a hard tool to adjust the ring height and left a V-shaped groove across the top of the chimney.
The instrument is hard rubber, so I've used a small quantity of full-strength Araldite mixed with a quantity of hard rubber dust produced by sanding an old hard rubber mouthpiece (Woodwind K11 if anyone is interested). I'll leave it overnight and sand it to shape in the morning. This method seems to be working OK, but has anybody got a better method they'd like to share?
Tony F.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-11-12 13:38
I'd most likely use superglue and wood dust (or ebonite dust) as they're instantly workable unlike epoxy that takes what seems like a lifetime to become hard enough to be workable.
Another option is UV cured resin as that too is instantly workable once cured.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2016-11-12 18:13
If cosmetics aren't an issue straight epoxy would be fine. I sometimes work on chimneys of wood instruments to fill deep grain and use super glue.
Steve Ocone
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Author: Wes
Date: 2016-11-13 01:02
Well, I repaired a broken tone hole chimney with moldable two-part stick epoxy a few years ago on a Selmer Series 9 Eb clarinet, a great instrument. After carving the set epoxy with an Exacto knife, I painted it with black fingernail polish and it still can't be seen. The set epoxy seemed to absorb the black polish. It was the best Eb I've ever tried with a great third register.
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