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Author: Tobin
Date: 2011-04-04 16:38
Hello all,
I have the most superficial crack between the throat tone Ab and A tone holes. It descends the wall of the tone hole cut-out, but NOT into the bed of the tone hole or down into the bore. I want it glued now, repair tech is suggesting bore oiling first. Your thoughts?
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2011-04-04 16:40
FWIW, I would want the crack fixed before other measure take place, such as oiling. Just my opinion.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: Ian White
Date: 2011-04-04 18:50
My method is to glue cracks first before other treatment as I feel that glue will not adhere well to oiled wood.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-04-04 20:08
I'm not sure what high speed techs are recommending these days, but it used to be understood that a "surface check" (a short, superficial crevice in the wood) was something you just lived with because it was too shallow and short to be pinned.
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: jasperbay
Date: 2011-04-04 23:36
Glue first (thin superglue) then bore oil. I put little dabs of CA glue on the crack with a toothpick, keep adding a dab until the crack won't take any more. Carefully sand off any excess after it hardens.
Clark G. Sherwood
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2011-04-05 08:42
Are we sure it is actually a crack?
Maybe it is just a grain of wood that *looks* like a crack. I have a few of those on some of my clarinets.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2011-04-05 12:34
Hi Curious,
That is the crux of the matter -- we lost our excellent repair tech to Colorado and the gentlemen who are left are well intentioned and ethical, but not necessarily top notch.
If I thought the crack was anything more than superficial and can be brought into line with glue I'd have marked the crack and mailed it off to someone by this point.
Thanks for the opinions above!
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: DaveKessler
Date: 2011-04-05 16:07
Taking care of the crack first is the proper way. However, if the crack is simply surface level, then oiling the inner bore of the clarinet (if done properly) would not get into the crack. However, there is no reason or benefit to oiling before repairing the crack.
Dave Kessler
Kessler & Sons Music
http://www.kesslermusic.com
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2011-04-05 17:09
DaveKessler wrote:
> However, there is no reason or benefit to oiling before
> repairing the crack.
My gut feeling as well. Treat the crack, then the bore.
--
Ben
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2011-04-05 20:32
I have one clarinet that has a crack like you describe- only on the surface. It is on a corner near a shoulder tenon so I can easily see how deep it descends. This crack only ran about 2mm then stopped and never went any further for 2 years as I still used the clarinet.
So what I am saying is that this crack might not actually be a problem to be worried about and you should just keep an eye on it until you get to a repair person that can look at it.
For a small crack like this, one generally just puts a little glue into the space- it is hardly an involved procedure. So it is basically a "walk in" repair, not a "drop off" one.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2011-04-05 22:54
Hi Dave,
That was my initial impression, but I am not certain enough to disagree with my tech at our meeting. In the future I agree with the many above who have commented in the direction of fixing the crack first and oiling the bore secondarily.
Hi Skygardener,
If the crack didn't exist immediately between two tone holes I would be less concerned about it -- and I would still have it glued.
The repair techs ultimately did both, now only time will tell.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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