Hi all
The cork on one of my flute joints needs replacing and it’s not a job I fancy tackling myself.
Any recommendations for someone who would recork a wooden flute in the Stockport / Manchester / Derbyshire area of the UK?
TIA
Steve
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Re: Cork fitters near Stockport
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Any competent mainstream woodwind tech can do this - they do it on clarinets and oboes all the time. If you're stuck, I'm in Wrexham, N. Wales, about an hour away, and I can do it. If the flute would have been thread-lapped originally, I'd recommend reverting to that, which I can also do.
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Re: Cork fitters near Stockport
John Clarke has a workshop on top floor of Johnny Roadhouse shop on Oxford Rd in Manchester. He's an excellent technician.
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Re: Cork fitters near Stockport
You could try Eddie at Woodwind & Co in Irlam, near Manchester. I would check their website to see if they are still taking on work, but they have been in business for ever!
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Re: Cork fitters near Stockport
Totally OT this ...
... but I keep reading this title as "Stock fitters near Cork"
I think I need a new brain ...
... but I keep reading this title as "Stock fitters near Cork"
I think I need a new brain ...
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The only problem with going to Johnny Roadhouse is the Hobgoblin shop, which has a dangerous effect on my credit card ... thanks all!
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Re: Cork fitters near Stockport
Should this be in the UIE forum?benhall.1 wrote:I think I need a new brain ...
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Re: Cork fitters near Stockport
As a 'WTB'? Possibly. Or maybe even a 'WTT'. In the latter case, though, I think I'd need to include too much of a cash incentive.Steve Bliven wrote:Should this be in the UIE forum?benhall.1 wrote:I think I need a new brain ...
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