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 Re: Top Joint Repair
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2010-05-27 20:34

Glue it back in with shellac - and find a metal bar (brass, nickel silver or steel) that fits reasonably tight ('snug') in the reed socket - you can use this bar as a mandrel to mount the socket onto when heating up the socket to apply the shellac.

If it isn't centred properly with the bore, heat the bar up and insert it back into the socket until the shellac melts and then rotate it, then remove it and check it's on centre.

You can use epoxy to glue it in, but that takes ages to go off so best use shellac. Stick shellac (as used to glue pads in with, but use amber or black so it doesn't show) is best as you can make adjustments easily by getting it melted and having another go.

Any shellac that has gone into the bore can be broken out with a wooden stick and any excess on the joint surface can also be chipped off and then the residue cleaned off with alcohol.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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