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worn tenon

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2025-07-09 02:52

For years the tenon between the two sections of my Bb has been slightly loose at the bottom, leading to some wobble between the sections if left unaddressed. My repair people, two different ones over the years, have corked that tenon so that the cork extends all the way to the bottom, somehow manually thinning the edge of the cork that overlaps the tenon rim so that, once installed, the external cork surface is smooth from edge to edge. The thinned cork edge adds diameter enough to avoid the wobble.

Problem is, no matter how carefully I put those sections together, and how diligently I grease the cork, eventually the thinned edge starts to fray and lose bits of coverage, and that process continues until the cork no longer adds enough diameter, and the wobble resumes. Every couple years I have to get it replaced again.

Is there a more permanent way to fix that tenon?

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