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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-01-28 02:18
It's the "tenon cork" that you are talking about.
Is this a new oboe?
Do you have any cork grease? Did you grease the tenon corks nicely before putting the instrument together?
The tenon cork should not be peeling off, but it can be fixed. Any band instrument repair store or similar facility could take care of it for you.
Until then, you might try wrapping some teflon tape (teflon plumbers tape, a very thin substance used to seal pipes and the like, available at hardware stores) around the tenon. That will hold the rest of the cork on, and make it possible for you to keep your instrument together.
If the tenon cork is completely off, the instrument would not fit together well, and that would make it leak air, so that you could not make a sound. It might also be that some of the cork has broken off and somehow gotten into the tone holes, but that wouldn't prevent you making a sound, it would just make a bad sound.
Take it to a store that sells band instruments (like Sam Ash) and have them look at it for you.
Susan
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sosuna |
2011-01-28 00:49 |
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Re: Oboe peeling off? new |
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ohsuzan |
2011-01-28 02:18 |
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sosuna |
2011-01-28 03:21 |
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ohsuzan |
2011-01-28 03:27 |
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Ian White |
2011-01-28 16:31 |
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