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Re: Wet Staples While Playing

Author: sylvangale
Date: 2007-09-17 06:50

Wrap the cork with a little plumbers tape, it will seal and water won't travel up wards.

If a reed doesn't fit well or the reed is not sufficiently "in" water will accumulate in the reed chamber and make its way up and around the reed cork as it can.

If you have no trouble using standard cork without filing/greasing, then most likely synthetic is probably too thin for your reed chamber and you need to wrap it every time... it's leaking.

Synthetics are largely too loose in my Loree, but they work fine in my Selmer and natural cork works perfectly in the Loree, but it a very tight fit for the Selmer. I can wrap the synthetics and they'll work fine. You want a snug fit.

♫ Stephen K.

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