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Re: Hard Rubber Clarinet brown!

Author: Tony F
Date: 2016-06-26 12:58

The discoloration is caused by the sulfur in the hard-vulcanised rubber oxidising on the surface of the material. I had an old Selmer mouthpiece that went green with age, although it still played well. I was reluctant to use anything on it that might not be good for me, so I decided that I'd use all-or-nothing methods and attacked it with wire wool soap pads. It removed the surface layer but left the crucial parts of the mouthpiece intact and the material was again its original black. I still use the mouthpiece and 5 years later it's still black.

Tony F.

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