Hello, my recorder from childhood has a crack in it. I have repaired lots of clarinets with cracks. But still I wan´t to ask here for a suitable glue. I don´t expect to play it so much.
Thanks in advance
Kind regards
P.S. I consider using hide glue but hesitate. Though feeling slightly brave for asking such a question here. :bluewink:
Hide glue is perfectly fine for cracked wood instrument bodies, we have a tendency these days to use super glue for everything and I do not really understand the logic behind it, yes it does work sometimes but IMO far from the best choice of glue.
Some timber recorders are saturated with paraffin wax. If that is the case then melting shellac into it might be worth considering. Glues will not stick, but shellac and oils/waxes are reasonably compatible.
Thanks for your responses. It´s a what I believe, a Czechoslovakian soprano that might be made of maple. The crack is in the mouthpiece part. It goes through the wall but not all through the length of the mpc part. I had quite a few of these and very many of them cracked. Why would not simple white wood glue be an option?
I think hide glue would be best for repairing of stringed instruments where the humidity isn´t affected by the players breath.
I got to oil it with wood wind oil remembering that I had a small bottle of Selmer bore oil for the purpose.
Hide glue is for fiddles as it allows for parts separation when necessary.
White glue has its uses but the slightly yellowish glue called Titebond..... I use the “original” one.... for Strings of spruce, maple, ebony, mahogany, rosewood, cedar, and cypress.
Learning to thin it, clamp/close it and still have glue holding after absorption is the goal.
Hypodermic needles of different size are shop tools.
It´s a Saturn, recorder. From what I´ve found it was made in the DDR (East Germany). But of course an American would recommend tite-bond. But why is tite-bond so much better then CASCO?
Once again thanks for your responses.
Regards
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