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Re: Good cork grease?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2012-08-27 19:46

Garth Libre wrote:

> I just sand my corks down so it's not such a
> struggle to get the horn together and apart.

This works. You shouldn't need to apply so much torque that you risk bending keys - although there are safer places than others to hold the sections so you don't bend keys during normal assembly.

> I really believe
> that many of us bend our linkages and rings manhandling the
> instruments because many techs are too lazy to make the joints
> the perfect compromise between too tight and too loose.

This is a really broad statement, to which I can only respond by suggesting that if this applies to *your* tech, you should find a better one. My experience has been that the techs I've used have always adjusted corks to a workable thickness *when they mount them* on their own initiative. If a new instrument comes from the factory with too thick corks, you have to take it to the tech and ask to have them adjusted (but that's not a "lazy tech," just a sloppy production line).

Karl

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