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Re: The Hard Rubber Smell

Author: Djudy
Date: 2021-08-18 02:34

I first got 2 Bays from the US on 'that' auction site , the seller claims they are from his estate - they have been irremediably stinky although they are not green or visibly oxidated on the surface.

I then purchased a Bay from a friend here who got it from a shop in Belgium that Bay produced for (it's noted on the mp) and while it has a whiff of sulfer after warming up it is not so bad as to make me stop using it.

I once bought a new Vandoren BD5 from Thomman and sent it back immediately because it had a sulfur smell right out of the box, supposedly new and no signs of oxidation. Only time this has ever happened to a Vandoren for me, I was quite surprised.

I've also tried some vintage LeBlanc and another can't remember which in a luthier's store in Paris - the mps were kept in a glass case on the wall in the daylight but no direct sun - couldn't even try them they were so stinky, and totally green. Really too bad about the LeBlanc, it as a 3 I'd been looking for.

So I conclude that it is related to the rubber itself as much as exposure because none of the Bays were green and the BD5 was pristine, must be a bad recipe or in the one new BD5 a bad batch.

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