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Re: Why Cover Mouthpiece

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-04-23 18:55

dorjepismo wrote:

> Back when I used metal
> caps, more reed damage happened because of the caps than what
> they were supposed to protect against.

My only beef with plastic caps, which I prefer overall because they're quieter if they roll off of wherever you put them, is that they tend to crack, usually starting at one of the corners at the top of the cutout for the ligature. I'm sure they could be made of a material that would at least resist cracking if you push them down on the ligature a little too hard, but some of them seem to be made of fairly brittle stuff.

Karl

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