Klarinet Archive - Posting 000231.txt from 2006/04

From: "Hinsons" <bud@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silencers
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:56:46 -0400

I use... http://www.musicmedic.com/catalog/products/tefl-100.html ...applied
in very SMALL strips with a little contact cement. The .003 is usually thick
enough, but for larger clearances, .005...You should work under
magnification.

Good Luck,

Donald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
To: "Klarinet" <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:23 PM
Subject: [kl] Silencers

> No, I'm not gunning for anyone. I just finished cutting up a perfectly
good
> double-skinned bladder pad to get silencer skins for the left hand E/B and
> F#/C# lever keys - the packing that has to go around the pins at the ends
of
> the keys (I have a very old Selmer 10G Bb - way before they started
coating
> those pins with Teflon or using plastic for the pins on some instruments).
> It's a small nuisance but enough that I wondered if some of you have found
> better materials to use. I used to buy ready-made, cut-to-size skin discs
> for the purpose, but I haven't seen them and wonder if someone is now
making
> them out of something more space-age, like Teflon or some sort of
polyester.
>
> What do all of you use?
>
> Karl

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