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Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2016-04-09 19:16
Ive got a Conn Corkgrease tube that is 3/4 inch wide, unlike the usual 1/2 wide tubes you always see.
Nice thing about the wider Tube is you just go around the cork once as opposed to the regular 1/2 inch tubes where you need to do it twice.
I got this Conn Corkgrease Tube years ago with a used Clarinet.
Does anyone have any idea where i might be able to get this 3/4 wide Tube?
My local Music store does not have it, nor does WWBW's seem to have it.
Ben Shaffer
GSO,NC
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-04-09 19:23
Melt down some better quality cork grease and refill the empty and cleaned out applicator with it.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: eddiec ★2017
Date: 2016-04-09 23:13
The Doctor's Products "Monster tube" is bigger (about 7/8").
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Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-04-10 05:39
Firmly Rubberband 2 tubes regular together and angle them slightly off from perpedicular to the clarinet's length as you take them for a spin around the cork?
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-04-10 18:01
It is far more effective to put a small amount of cork grease on the cork and then work it well in with the fingers than to smear large quantities across the cork, most of which will get scraped clean off when the socket slides over the tenon.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-04-10 18:37
That's why I like La Tromba as you don't need to use much of it and it keeps corks supple with a little applied often.
I've seen plenty of clarinets where the tenon corks have peeled clean off leaving the tenon slot greasy due to the lipstick-type grease being used which destroys the bond as it soaks into the cork. So a better quality cork grease that's much thicker than the typical lipstick-style one (which becomes very thin once applied) should be used.
If you can get melt down some of the Doctor Slick cork grease in a small metal container (such as a small aerosol can lid or similar), you can then pour that into an existing lipstick-type applicator and once cooled, it'll be read for use. Melt it in a metal container in a pot of boiling water instead of directly over a flame or electric heat source so it won't burn.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2016-04-10 20:07
Google "The Doctor's Products". He not only has what you are looking for in a cork grease tube, it is so effective that you need very little so it lasts a long time. He also has lots of other good things. I haven't been disappointed yet. He is also a sponsor of this BB. I advocate, whenever possible, supporting the sponsors. THEY and WE are the ones who provide the funds which allow Mark to keep this BB going.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2016-04-11 08:27
You can get the Monster Tube from the Doctor's Products. It's excellent and along with Alisyn, one of the two best cork greases IMO.
http://doctorsprod.com/cbuy/doctor-slick-cork-grease
In reality neither the cork or cork grease is likely to be flat enough that it really makes a difference and it likely won't touch the entire surface. If you smear it with your fingers after, it doesn't really matter. If you don't, attaching the joint will "grab" it and move it anyway.
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