G'day again: WeepiperI had a cracked plastic head on one of my larger Susatos. I used the old whip repair technique (called whipping ...) to effectively fix it.
With the head joint in place on the barrel, I got a length of strong linen thread, laid a half loop up along the head joint's side and back, then wrapped about 25 turns of thread up over the loop. When i felt I had it firmly bound, I passed the winding end of the thread through the loop - then pulled the other end of the thread until the loop was drawn in under the wrapping turns.
Once I checked that there was no air leak ... and that the binding was not too tight, so the head joint would not slide (to tune or to remove), I trimmed off the loos ends and wiped a little white PVA glue into the thread to consolidate it. It is quite a successful and tough cure for the problem.
Hey Jeep: So, was the wee whistle an early birthday present? ... Was it from a friend? ... Are you sure?
Regards,
Bob Bolton