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Loose barrel socket

Author: kehammel
Date: 2021-03-13 22:45

I bought a synthetic Muncy barrel, longer than my usual Muncy barrel of the same type, to practice playing with a higher tongue position. The first one they sent me was so loose at the top that the mouthpiece would just fall out. They kindly exchanged it, and I got one that's a little better, but considerably looser than my usual Muncy barrel. And of course I had sanded my mouthpiece corks so they all fit the usual barrel properly.

It's possible that the first barrel socket was actually undersized, so I don't see any point in continuing to trying to exchange the longer one I just bought.

I've tried painting fingernail polish in the socket of the new barrel (its plastic is stable to the solvent). This works for a short time, but then all the dried polish comes out. So now I'm back to wrapping teflon tape around the mouthpiece cork whenever I want to use that barrel.

Does anyone know a reliable way to build up the socket wall using another material that might stick to plastic?

Ken

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