Klarinet Archive - Posting 001039.txt from 1997/08

From: "Tahna Britton" <tahnab@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Selmer Cork grease
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 22:43:12 -0400

Wow, we can talk about cork grease for a LONG time. Do you really think
one kind works better than another?

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> From: David C. Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Selmer Cork grease
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 1997 7:14 PM
>
> I only wish I had the same experience: Try comparing the Selmer to Micro,
> Leblanc, Vandoren, Buffet on a Sax neck, and you'll see what I mean. The
> stuff doesn't absorb into the cork well. Not from the same vat, but it's
> own special blend..... ( I do think the others come from the same vat.)
> I liked Abe Galper's grease story.
> D.B.
>
>
> Bill wrote:
> In my experience, the Selmer is the same as Leblanc or any other private
> label grease in a lipstick-style tube. I think it all comes out of the
> same big vat somewhere and only the labels change. My favorite grease
> would be Micro in a flat, round container, except it stinks. The Selmer
is
> what's available to me and I have been using it, but I am going to try
the
> homebrew.
>
>
>
>

> Bill Hausmann
bhausman@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive
http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
> Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html