Anyone have any info on how I can repair the cork on my Ormiston wooden flute. If this is not something a novice should try maybe somewhere in NJ I could take to reapir? 
By cork, do you mean a cork wrapped tenon, or the head joint cork?
Because this is relatively low tech stuff, you could try to repair these things by yourself, provided that you do not put so much cork back into the repair as to cause any stress to a joint.
If you are not so sure of your abilities, as apparently many of us are not, then there are quite a few, qualified flute repairers who can take on this job for you. Just put out an SOS on this, the C&F FF.
Please understand, however, that your best shot at flute repair may not come from the state of NJ.
it is rather difficult to imagine any woodwind repair person that was unable to fix either a corked tendon or the stopper cork on a flute…
thanks for the info it is the cork around tenon that has cracked.
Thanks to encouragement from Jon C, I recorked a flute…it wasn’t really hard at all and I’ve done it again on another flute since then.
However, I just went to the local woodwind repair shop (only a bike’s ride away from me - I’m lucky) to buy the cork, and I used rubber cement because it has a slower dry time for us non-experts at such matters (the woodwind guy recommended it).
Eric
I myself have never tried replacing a tenon cork, I have always used thread instead when one of my flutes (or recorders) lost a cork. I’m very happy with thread on tenons, as it can be finer adjusted and I’m not as afraid to break the flute. A description how to do this can be found here:
http://www.flutes.fsbusiness.co.uk/tenon.html
I never did the step with the shellac cement in that description, though, I just held the thread in place with lots of cork (well, thread) grease.
Only use grease on the threads, never oil. Especially not linseed oil, as it will change and become sticky, and you do not want to glue the pieces together. For the same reason, do not experiment with any natural or petrochemical substance that is used in glues or lacquer. Vaseline is fine, as is beeswax or wool wax, or the cork grease available in music stores.
I use the thickest synthetic sewing thread I can find in a normal warehouse. Instrument makers use thicker thread, but I don’t know where to buy this. Synthetic thread does not swell as much as cotton when it gets wet, so it is less prone to crack the flute by swelling after prolonged playing. None of my flutes or recorders has ever cracked at the tenon, so this either works, or I’ve been lucky, or I don’t practice enough.
Never work on your flute yourself when you feel insecure. If you want an expert to repair your instrument, by all means find one! I am only describing what worked for me, and I am not a flute maker. As mentioned, any woodwind repair person should be able to help you. Ask in your local music shops for one.
good luck,
Sonja
MusicMedic.com shows how it’s done. Look at related articles at the bottom of the following web page showing steps and diagrams.
There cork is reasonable, but not always uniform. Make sure to use the good cork cement and sand a taper on the leading edge of the cork, and put a small amount of glue on it and when the cork is lapped, run it over this tapered area and then sand the joint to make it even. Hard to explain without diagrams..