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 Re: The Hard Rubber Smell
Author: Matt74 
Date:   2021-08-13 20:12

I can't say I've ever been bothered by a saxophone or clarinet mouthpiece smell or taste at all. Never even occurred to me. Not even 100 year-old ones. I like sulphur, but I don't think of mouthpieces as having either a taste or smell. On the other hand, brass instruments are totally gross.

Ultraviolet light degrades hard rubber. I would think that with a mouthpiece cover and a cloth would protect it, but light goes through cloth, and the cover doesn't cover the whole thing. Once it's started oxidizing though, you will probably have to buff it off to get it to stop.

Some people are more acidic than others. Some people can't handle steel without it rusting. Maybe you have an acidic chemistry that attacks the mouthpiece.

If you really don't like it, unfortunately they will probably all be like that. Maybe get a Fobes debut (a very good plastic mouthpiece), a crystal, or metal one.

- Matthew Simington
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