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Re: loose floor peg holder screws

Author: Chris P
Date: 2019-08-27 20:35

"Not all techs do "silver soldering" (much hotter process) though. You may have to look around."

It doesn't need to be silver soldered to the bell socket.

Silver soldering it to the socket is a bit extreme as the entire socket will need to be removed from the bell, all the fittings soldered to it removed, all traces of soft solder removed and the plating will most likely be damaged with the high temperature needed to silver solder and that too will probably cause the floor spike fitting to fall apart in the process.

Floor spike fittings are normally soft soldered to the socket and provided the fit between the socket and the baseplate is made good (in that it fits onto the socket with no gaps) as is all the necessary prep, it won't come adrift once soldered on. You may need the lower joint tenon sleeved or built up to make that a good fit in the bell socket so it won't rock around and put your low Eb out of action.

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

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