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Re: Top Joint Repair

Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-05-28 10:02

I didn't know all that about shellac: I'll order some from Montreal. I was actually going to use carpenter's glue as it comes off easily with water or even heavily oilng the wood with sweet almond oil. However, there's no way to do adjustments. I've been using glue-gun for the cross-over keys: looks terrible but works amazingly. A razor blade easily flattens and shaves off slivers for a perfect adjustment.

The sleeve is very tight and there is no room for manoeuvre once any amount of adhesive is added. As for alignment, I don't know what experts do when "re-voicing" an oboe - I'm having that done to my Lorée right now - but looking inside this one shows so many bizarre misalignments and gaps its scary. Nonetheless, its tuning is dependable: some notes slightly high or low, but always at the same place no matter how I "hit" them.

Thanks for all your input.

Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music

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