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Re: Best way to fix binding tenon?

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2018-07-09 18:26

It is usually the wood binding and at least 95% of the time it is only at the tenon inner shoulder, which is why most of the time it's better to shave the tenon (only the problematic shoulder, so not to remove from the other one).

Check if it's coming out much easier once you remove it from the first shoulder, and the same when assembling, becoming hard (can feel more friction) only when you start sliding the bell over the inner shoulder. Do you feel any binding when it's just over the outer shoulder and cork?

Generally it's possible to know whether it's binding of the wood or too thick/hard cork. The exception is when it changes so much that it's completely smooth when it has enough time to dry. Usually after a couple of days without playing and in relatively dry conditions. Though even then it's almost always the wood, since there's rarely binding from the cork itself.

The tenon OD being 0.2mm larger than the socket is a huge difference, but not that rare.

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