Klarinet Archive - Posting 000347.txt from 1994/02

From: Stephen Pirovolikos <STEPHEN@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Cork grease...
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 15:21:26 -0500

Hello I'm new here on this conference if you don't mind me jumping in here.

I never felt that just smearing a little grease on the cork was quit enough.
I think it's important to work it in with your fingers weather you mess up your
jeans or not. On a quality professional instrument, such as a buffet R13, the w
earing down of the cork shouldn't be a problem. That would only happen if the
barrell joint wasn't machined properly. Besides I'd rather replace a cork now a
nd then than bend a key because the cork was to dry.