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Flatten Tone Hole

Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-03-24 15:56

Question obviously directed at expert, or at least experienced, repairers....

On my student model wood oboe, the keyed F was terribly sharp, so I put in some heated-glue-gun stuff to close the top of the hole. Not a problem, except the cooling glue does not behave so well and I have to cut it a bit with a very sharp X-Acto (or Olfa) style knife.

Now, if I happen to scratch or nick the lip of the tone hole, that's disastrous to sealing!

Is there a home-made solution to even the lip.... say, sand paper on a rigid metal stick or using a ball reamer in a Dremmel tool?

Any idea how much a cork or "white" pad can compensate for unevenness?

Thanks

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

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