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The best way to replace tenon corks?

Author: m1964
Date: 2019-03-14 01:00

Hi,
I have replaced tenon corks a few times on my clarinets and always had one end "shaved" to allow the other end to be glued to the top of the shaved one.

I need to replace the tenon cork on the lower joint of my A clarinet (Buffet RC). The cork looks just fine but the bell is very lose.

It looks like the original cork was glued end to end, with the ends cut at 90 degrees and connected together.

Is one method better than another?

I have 1/16 and 3/32 corks. Should I use the 1/16 and shave it down?

The A clarinet most of the time stays in a Buffet double case, with the bell attached. I try to remember to move my Bb to a single case and remove the bell from the A clarinet but I don't do it always.
The cork was not too tight to begin with, now the bell is almost falling down when I put instrument together.

Thanks a lot for your help.

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