Klarinet Archive - Posting 000778.txt from 1997/04

From: Roger Lewis & Denise Gulliver-Lewis <pmflewis@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Cork cement & cork grease
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 23:21:16 -0400

On April 24, Michael D. Moors wrote:

On a related issue: Cork grease has a great deal to do with how long a
tenon cork lasts. Try using a cork grease that isn't too "greasy" like
the
Leblanc or Buffet label. The Selmer brand (Marshall Music label in MI.)
has a characteristic that soaks all the way through the cork and unto
the
glue. The glue eventually lets go.

..................

Aha! The mystery is solved! In my first reply to this thread, I stated
that I took up recorking because corks done by my school music provider
just did not seem to hold. Guess who the school music provider is....?
Tomorrow I will replace all those complimentary tubes and boxes of cork
grease - first thing! I seem to feel that I have some spare time coming
up soon!

Thanks,

Denise Gulliver-Lewis
Principal Clarinet, Elkhart Symphony
Director of Bands, White Pigeon Schools