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Re: greasing other corks

Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-04-08 14:25

Your best bet is to simply not use cork at all on any linkages as there are far better alternatives - tech cork/rubco being the main one. Natural cork has had its day as far as clarinet (and sax) keywork goes.

I still use natural cork on tenon corks (and sax crook corks) as I haven't found much to better it and provided it's well maintained and regularly greased, tenon and crook corks will last for years and why I stress never to leave instruments assembled for yonks at a time or on saxes, leaving the mouthpiece on the crook as that will compress the cork and it'll perish, then it'll be loose once taken apart.

On saxes I only use natural cork on the G# stopper if I have to (a 7mm or 8mm cork pad), but prefer to use felt and ultrasuede for the most part as that is both quiet and low friction and rubco stoppers on the palm keys. Teflon or shiny plastic tubing covering the linkages on the front F, G# and low C# is also much better than softer polythene as teflon won't tear the felt apart. Someone in Poland has even sourced small diameter bearings and fitted them to these linkages which is an excellent idea.

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

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