How to Adjust Tight Flute Tenons

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to show you how to repair a tenon that is tight. Basically I'm going to show you what a tenon is. This is the tenon on your flute, this is the head joint tenon, and this is the foot joint tenon, and those could be either loose or tight for several different reasons. It could have, when you've put the foot joint on, it could have taken a blow and this tenon actually here on the bottom could be bent. It could be gummed up. You never want to use any kind of lubrication on flute tenons. But if that is the case, usually you'll see some black stuff on here, just built up dirt and grime. If that's the case we'll take our little bit of denatured alcohol here, rubbing alcohol will work just as good too, any kind of degreaser, and we're going to clean off that tenon. We want to clean off the inside of the tenon as well, where it goes in. We want to clean the foot tenon as well as the inside of the foot tenon. Now if that doesn't work, and it's still tight after you get done with that, then you probably have a dent or some kind of damage that's going to cause this from not being able to put into the flute properly. And those are some things about flute tenons."