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Re: Is it good practice..?

Author: m1964
Date: 2019-08-12 23:21

kdk wrote:

> You're going to get differing advice about this.
>
> Unless a cork is really badly fitted - too thick - I suspect
> greasing several times a day as you describe is too much and
> shouldn't be necessary. You should grease the corks when they
> need to be greased - when they are balky enough that the grip
> force needed to assemble the two joints may lead to bent keys.
> How much force it takes to make the socket move on the cork is
> a judgment call.
>
> It does matter, I think, which cork is in question. I grease
> the corks on my mouthpiece and at the top of the upper key
> section more often than the bell cork or the middle tenon. The
> mouthpiece needs to slide out easily for quick changes between
> clarinets (C, Bb and A). The barrel cork needs to be easy to
> adjust finely for small changes in pitch as needed.
>
> If the corks are too slippery, the joints may start coming
> apart as you play. Some greases, used too much, in my
> experience can penetrate the cork and loosen the cement bond to
> the tenon.
>
> Karl

Karl,

Thanks,
I think greasing every single time is safer. That's why I do it every time.
Getting loose cork does not bother me so much because I can put new tenon cork if needed, but an even slightly bent key may be more difficult to return to proper alignment.

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