Clarinet Tenon Cork Replacement
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- Clarinet tenon corks are easy to replace on your own with a few basic tools and a bit of time. In today’s video, I show you every step of the process in detail so you can repair your own instruments with confidence.
Video time marks:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Getting old cork off
00:50 Tools needed
01:09 Taking keys off
02:41 Clean the tenon
03:08 Cutting new cork
04:47 Don’t Cut Yourself - Beveling
05:56 Apply glue
06:50 Let the glue dry
07:43 Put the cork on
09:09 Cut the extra cork off
09:34 Sand the cork
11:24 Seal & grease cork
12:44 Closing
Clarinet tenon cork is 3/64” thick, or 1.22mm, and typical comes in 12” X 4” sections. You can get this from your local repair shop, from me or from any number of suppliers. The tools you’ll need are:
Cutting Board
Metal 6” ruler
New razor blade
Cork
Cork scraper
Emery board or sanding stick
Contact cement
Saxophone tenon cork is thicker and will cause you some troubles if used for clarinet tenons. Just get what you need and avoid the hassle.
Have a repair question you’d like answered? Just leave a comment, write me an email or DM me on Instagram @RepairMasterclass.
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Music on today’s video is from Podington Bear.
I'm learning for a hobby. This video offers so much more detail and also professional secrets to get professional results. Thank you for this. In other videos on the topic, they use acetone after removing the old cord for a final cleaning. I wonder if that is unnecessary.
Cleaning the tenon after removing the cork is important but do not use Acetone! It’s fine on wood instruments but will melt most plastic clarinets. Yeah, melt it. That’s not good.
Use alcohol on a rag and a bit of determination and elbow grease. Shouldn’t take longer than 30 seconds to do well.
Thanks for the compliments.
@@repairmasterclass Good to know, for sure. Thank you.
Thank you.
Nicely explained.
Well done. Thanks.
Looks like you built a nice holder for small hardware using a piece of finger board from something. :cool:
:) Yup. I like reusing instrument parts and this violin fingerboard was available when I needed a new rod block. Good eye.
Very good, except you did not address checking to determine if the cork may be too thick to properly fit into the female tenon. Many times it is too thick and must be sanded down some.
What glue do you use?
Contact cement is what you should use. Apply it to the cork and tenon, then wait 5-15 minutes for it to get tacky, then touch them together.
What glue do you use??
Contact cement is why you need. Get it at Ace Hardware, put it on thin, put it on both the cork and the clarinet, let it sit for at least 5 min and then press it on. Where it makes contact is where it will stay so line it up right.
Hi. I wish you had shown (without the silly fast speed) how to remove the bottom two side keys and the link key, and then how to put them back on. This was the whole point of me watching this video. The removal and reassembly of these keys is frightening for most people needing to replace the middle tenon cork. Therefore, I was very disappointed.
That's really good feedback. Sincerely, thank you. I'll do a video on just that topic and let you know when it's up.
In the mean time, the best advise I can give is BE BRAVE! Your clarinet is just a machine and the parts come off and go back on with relative ease. The two trill keys are each held on by a rod; unscrew the rod for each (turn counter clockwise) and pull the rod out. Sometimes those rods are difficult to pull out with your fingers so a pair of pliers is helpful. Once the rods are out, the keys will come off with little to no effort. The bridge key (or the A-D ring key) will have a very small screw at the bottom (closest to the center tenon) that needs to be fully removed and a pointed rod going through the F# ring key holding the other side - this rod only needs to be loosened, not taken out, to get the Bridge key off.
Hope this helps a bit. Let me know if you have other questions and again, thanks for the feedback.