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RE: This is a large bore horn...

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2002-12-01 20:01

Traditionally there has been two methods of stabilizing timber around cracks. One is pinning, the other is flush-banding. The latter is functionally identical to the metal bands on a barrel, except that they had to be shrunk into a groove using a preess, rather than pressed on the end. As far as I know the only reasons that it is not still more commonly used are appearance, risk of damage (timber chipping) near tone holes, very expensive equipment needed.

So what are you saying, Dee?

(I agree that the bands are there to stabilize the thin, weak timber at the tenon sockets, but they do indeed fulfil an uincidental purpose of greatly reducing the likelihood of cracks in the body of the barrel.)

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