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Re: Removing a barrel

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2006-05-26 15:45

BobD wrote "Hlmmm.....I don't see anywhere that the barrel has been identified as wood or other material...."

Although I've dealt with dozens of stuck barrels (and centre tenons) on timber instruments, I've never met a stuck barrel on a plastic instrument, unless there was a brand/model mismatch.

The sticking is because the timber of the tenon expands because it absorbs moisture from the bore, while the barrel remains relatively intact.

By comparison, any expansion of plastic from moisture is insignificant.

Plastic expands more than grenadilla with heat, so if the jamming were due to differential heat expansion, then I would expect jammed barrels on plastic instruments. Hence, I doubt that heat has a lot to do with it.

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