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Re: Numerous cracks in Marigaux?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-11-27 15:18
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They're loose carbon fire strands (carbon fibre tows) cut from a spool which are wrapped around tightly and glued into slots cut into the joint (with superglue), then filler (superglue and wood dust) is used to hide them once it's been filed and sanded down, then blended in with the surrounding joint surface.

Some people prefer to have the carbon fibres left showing on the surface but I prefer to make the job less conspicuous by using filler to hide them. And they're far less conspicuous than metal flush bands that look ugly, as well as you don't have to remove the crown to fit carbon fibre bands as you would have to do when fitting metal flush bands.

You do have to find a good spot where you can cut a slot that isn't interrupted by pillars or toneholes, so I use a pencil mounted in my pillar drill and find a spot where I can rotate the joint between centres to draw a line around it that is clear from any pillars or toneholes - not an easy thing to find but I got as close to the pillar holes without cutting across them.

See the attachments of a few stages of the same kind of carbon fibre banding job, but on a clarinet.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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