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Re: Clarinet is always stuck

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-02-14 00:48

You don't need to have much wood removed from the tenon rings to make the difference between binding, fitting well and wobbling, so have it done properly instead of blindly sanding things down if you don't know what you're doing.

I skim just the high spots on the tenon rings where they bind in the sockets to achieve a good fit that neither binds nor rocks when assembled - only removing wood dust and no more.

I never turn the socket rings down as that will remove far too much wood if overdone (and that's easy to overdo) and sanding will risk rounding the tenon rings off or leaving them uneven or hollowed if done badly, so don't do either of those unless you want to ruin the tenons and then have to get them sleeved when they end up wobbling.

Have it done properly by a woodwind specialist as they'll know exactly where and how much of the surface of the tenon rings to remove.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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