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Re: filler material for tuning?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-05-10 13:08

Use a heated steel rod to apply the molten wax to the inside of the tonehole until the note is flattened. Then use a twist drill to increase the diameter by degrees - by 0.1mm at a time (and this will also true up the tonehole making it round again). If you do happen to overdo it and have gone too sharp, you can still fill it back in with wax to bring the pitch down again.

When sharpening a note, again use twist drills in 0.1mm increments and enlarge the tonehole with them, only increasing by 0.1mm at a time until the note is in tune. If you do go too sharp, then fill it in with wax as mentioned above.

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

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