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Re: DIY cork repair

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2020-08-02 08:52

>> You've got to remove the throat G# and A keys if you're removing all the LH ring keys. <<

Not always. More often than not, you can remove either the throat keys or the trill keys, to remove the upper ring key. For replacing the middle tenon cork, I'd remove the trill keys (not absolutely necessarily but like you said, much more convenient).
It's often necessary to remove all top three trill keys together, so if you want to remove the second one (F#), you'd have to remove all of them, but yes you don't need to remove the top ring key when replacing a tenon anyway.

>> How do you polish joints, pillars and other stuff that requires using both hands without the use of a bench peg? <<

I don't

That is, 99% of the time instrument owners here choose to not have their instruments polished. It's the local culture plus the added cost.

When I do need to polish, I generally use a small buffing wheel in the micromotor.
In the even rarer times that I actually need to buff a part like that by hand, I just use one hand and rub between my fingers.
I've never particularly liked the "shoe shining" method.

The thing about the peg... my work table was built especially to have everything as ergonomic as possible. This means not having to move for 90% of what I need to do or reach. For the peg to be in a convenient place, it had to be pretty much in front of me. That was annoying to have that sticking out when I'm leaning forward or want the the space to move an instrument around between me and the table. Since I never preferred to use it anyway even for those things that some people use it for, I just removed it and never missed it.

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