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Re: Strange Cork Joints (Noblet Artist)

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-12-09 01:41

Someone probably wrapped PTFE tape around the tenon corks to add more bulk to them due to the corks having compressed from being assembled for so long. The gramophone grooves you describe are probably due to the ridges in the cork slot applying more pressure to the tenon cork at the peaks and less pressure at the troughs, so making them look ridged.

I'd strongly suggest you bin the case that only allows the clarinet to be kept in two halves as this is bad for the tenon corks, the tenos and the sockets as water will collect in them which will cause the tenon corks to harden and at worst cause the tenons to bind solid in their sockets.

So the best thing to do is buy a new case that keeps all the joints separated and then have all the tenon corks replaced.

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

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