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Making your own cork pads

Author: Michael McConnell
Date: 2011-09-12 00:27

I apologize if this question has already been addressed, but I was wondering if anyone out there has experimented with making their own cork pads for their clarinets.

I imagine that there are two approaches that you can take:

1. Buy sheet cork of the thickness that you need, and then use a punch to create the pad.

OR

2. Use something other than sheet cork to begin the process.

I imagine that the 1st approach is the one that most repair technicians use to create their own cork pads. This makes sense, since it's probably easier to order high quality sheet cork products from reputable music supply dealers, and all that you need is a punch to create the pads. I don't really want to discuss this approach.

What I am curious to hear your opinions about is the 2nd approach. I'd like to know if anyone has experimented with any other sort of cork product to make their own pads. I thought that perhaps it might be possible to make cork pads quite cheaply from high quality wine corks.

You would need a high-precision (metal) lathe to cut the wine corks to the proper diameter, and then some type of precise cutting tool to ensure that the correct thickness is achieved for each individual pad.

Have any of you experimented with this?

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