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Re: Cork recess in body vs glued to key

Author: Reformed
Date: 2021-12-16 12:58

Thanks for the comments.

I thought I would do a couple of the recesses properly, as opposed to stuffing a bit of rough cork that I had done previously. So I bought some hollow hole punches to make the bullets.

I replaced the stuck on bumper on the LH 1st finger A key.

Cleaning out the recess, the filling is less brittle than shellac and easy to remove.

The recess measures 3mm in diameter, about 2.9mm deep. So I needed something like a 5mm bullet.

Not having any 5mm cork sheet, I glued some 2mm and 3mm together.

A 3mm bullet was a bit loose, a 3.5mm has a nice secure press fit and will be easy enough to remove but will not fall out.

The very tip of the touchpiece meets the middle of the cork bullet. An elegant solution and easier for an amateur repairer (like me) to quickly produce something reliable and neat.

Of course, this particular example is slightly theoretical, because the final stop is the G# key touchpiece which has a glued cork and a screwed in pillar.

All of the recessed body corks that I have tried seem to be very quiet, including the LH levers. I thought of glueing some felt on top but it is not necessary.

Working on the 1938 1010 is an incredible delight compared to the 1978 one I recently purchased recently from an auction site. A real shame that the craftsmanship was lost.

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