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 Re: Cleaning the octave vent
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2011-03-02 19:09

The wells are glued into the body with shellac and the tops are sealed into the wells with wax - that's standard practice and ensures the lot doesn't come undone when you remove the tops.

On the rare occasion you have to remove the wells, then you will either need to make a special tool for this (which is basically an 8ve top specific for the instument silver soldered to a brass rod mounted in a wooden handle which you heat up enough to melt the shellac) or have an oboe specialist do this when they have to.

You should never need to remove the wells unless they get really coated in mineral deposits or the threads get stripped or the instrument cracks between the 8ves. Most cleaning of the wells can be done with them in situ once the tops have been removed.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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