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Re: 192something FB Selmer (brevete)

Author: SpiritTalker
Date: 2014-09-30 01:03

Well that is a relief! Of course I am prepared to tell my husband (if questioned) that it is an embellishment that Selmer added to that model. lol (I can hear the lecture now, about buying a cracked clarinet...this would be coming from a pianist so...yeah.)

But seriously....I have been spending a lot of time studying crack repair. I'm pretty confident that I can do it myself, as sending it away for a week or longer to an unknown tech is scary to me. My other horn is currently getting a new pad and cork from same said unknown tech but I'm not too worried about that.

This is all, of course, if the crack is NOT holding. I have read that a band can constrict movement of other parts of the wood and sometimes make things worse/new cracks appear. Is that true? Also, can a crack be on the inside of the bore? Or just the outside? I am wondering how an inside crack would be glued. AND...without opening up a can of worms...I am leaning towards hide glue. Yes, I read a lot of argument for both super & hide. I am now well informed of both stances. lol I lean towards hide because it can easily be undone if I goof it up (or it needs to be redone) and I feel it is more natural/historical. I also like how it seeps into the grain, and when the moisture evaporates it begins to pull the crack together. Besides, superglue and I have never really gotten along! Too many glued together fingers over th years!

Sorry for so many questions. I do play and have for a long time. I've just never dealt with A) a crack and B) such a special instrument that is almost 100 years old (nor a professional model!) I am both excited for its' impending arrival and anxious (disappointed) to discover this crack issue that's arisen. (or, better, frustration at my failure to notice/research before I put in my final bid.)

I am going to go out on a limb and say this was a potentially decent repair, given the fact they took the time to make it look so pretty (ie matches the rest of the horn)?

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