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Re: Opinion on crack in old clarinet

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2016-04-28 11:14

Hard to say much since the first photo is out of focus and in the second the crack area is very dark. Drilling a hole (and possibly filling it) at the end of a crack is sometimes a good repair method for metal, but not good for wood and usually doesn't help at all. It looks like this was done in this case, though I guess it could be a pin hole for another crack (as a pin hole wouldn't be on the crack itself).

You wouldn't hear the wood buzzing or rattling because of a crack.

You might want to consider having it repaired by any one of several possible methods. I generally go with the least "intrusive" method which is just to keep watching it and then go from there, doing any one of the possible repairs if it seems necessary (gluing, pinning, banding).

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