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 Re: greasing other corks
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2020-03-29 21:44

On sliding linkages of any kind, I never use natural cork as that creates friction and wears out fast. I also don't grease any silencing materials as that will cause the glue to fail.

I generally use much harder wearing materials like tech cork and that can be coated with graphite powder to make it slippery. You can also stick a piece of self adhesive teflon sheet onto that, but it can migrate if the adhesive is particularly gummy. Best bet is to use graphite from a soft pencil as that can easily be reapplied as and when and won't cause things to become sticky.

For the throat G#-A adjusting screw, I fit a domed nylon tip to that (or dome the tips on nylon adjusting screws on Buffets) instead of sticking any form of silencing material in the recess on the throat A key. That gives a more precise feel and the small gap between the adjusting screw tip and the throat A key can be set much better.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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