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Re: Pad material

Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-06-23 21:49

Bob Bernardo wrote:

> Chris, there are several ways to make/cut cork, but I'm not
> sure if I agree with you. Yes you could surely be correct. The
> cork I'm using I think comes from cork trees. Other corks can
> surely be processed such as cork gaskets, cork flooring, so
> forth. So the question is - are cork plugs used in wine bottles
> cork? Yes I'm aware that some cork now used in wine bottles can
> be rubberized. But I think the old style is still actual cork?
> I once made my pads from the old cork wine bottles, because it
> was softer. Was this treated? The cork I get from JL Smith is
> pretty much on the softer side. Thanks for your help. Whatever
> it is, it works!
>

What are you talking about? You've completely missed the entire point there as I've not even mentioned natural cork - I'm talking about the composition and applications of rubberised cork, gasket cork, Gummi-Kork, tech cork, rubco, etc. and not natural cork which I don't use anywhere apart from the throat A stopper and also the LH2 ring key to keep it off the deck to keep the linkage raised to a decent height. Apart from cork pads and tenon corks that is - for key corks and linkages there are far better alternatives and using natural cork in these aplications had its day decades ago.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2020-06-25 00:13)

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