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RE: 1st & second joint sticking

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2002-07-30 01:25

I disagree with Ken.

Although I am equipped to work on sockets I do this only if the socket is not cylindrical - i.e. slightely tapered, almost invariably narrower at the open end.

The problem is almost always with a swollen tenon, and doesn't occur when the tenon has a metal ring on it. Further evidence that it is the tenon: Take a dried out instrument that jams when the instrument is damp. The jamming condition is replicated by leaving a damp rag inside the TENON, not the socket.

Also, why make the socket a larger diameter when this will make the "thinnest wood on the clarinet" even thinner!

Incidentally this is not the WEAKEST part, whuich is at the base of the tenon cork grooves, where the diameter is smaller. (Strength is proportional to the diameter to the power of 4)

Dealing with the problem means first ascertaining which end(s) of the tenon are actually jamming.

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