Or putting it down for 5 seconds and watching your spouse sit on itbeowulf573 wrote:Or dropping it into a wood chipper.Loren wrote: Having your flute stolen is the worst thing that can happen in your (flute) world.
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Muwahaha! It's fixed! I asked a friend (who happens to be a flute maker) to fix it and indeed he did! You have to know what you're looking for to even know it's there! Great!
He first cleaned out the crack a little. Then, he filled the crack with blackwood dust, dust from when the flutes are turned. He then applied a glue that was basically a thin superglue and let it sit. Then he filed and sandpapered down the glue and polished it up and - bob's your uncle. Looks good as new. The day has been saved!
He first cleaned out the crack a little. Then, he filled the crack with blackwood dust, dust from when the flutes are turned. He then applied a glue that was basically a thin superglue and let it sit. Then he filed and sandpapered down the glue and polished it up and - bob's your uncle. Looks good as new. The day has been saved!
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Jer, There is a bright side. When the wood cracks, it's usually because there is some kind of weakness in the wood, this doesn't mean it's a bum piece of wood. When it cracks & is repaired well the weakness is gone & the flute is usually a more stable flute.
Along the logic of "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
It still makes your hair stand on end though. Glad everything worked out
Along the logic of "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
It still makes your hair stand on end though. Glad everything worked out
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Jer, There is a bright side. When the wood cracks, it's usually because there is some kind of weakness in the wood, this doesn't mean it's a bum piece of wood. When it cracks & is repaired well the weakness is gone & the flute is usually a more stable flute.
Along the logic of "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
It still makes your hair stand on end though. Glad everything worked out
Along the logic of "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
It still makes your hair stand on end though. Glad everything worked out
Play Happy
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Oh yeah, I met Jeff when I visited the shop earlier this year - really nice guy, and plays a mean concertina too! I want his job, but he doesn't seem to want to leavejerball wrote:His little elf Jeff. Jeff's the apprentice, helper, co-worker, elf... I don't know what to call him, in Chris' shop. Very skilled, obviously. Look at what they're churning out.
He's been at the Abell shop for what, 7 years or something? Well, you're all set then, glad to hear the crack is taken care of
Loren