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Re: Cork Grease Substitute

Author: oca
Date: 2011-12-08 03:53

The clarinets in my bamd are shocked and sometimes disguisted that I can keep a reed for half a year, but it is not about time that dictates replacement; it is need for replacement that dictates.

As you can prolong the life of a reed by preparing it well, so can you prolong the life of cork grease by apply it well and thus the life of the corks as well.

I may not be correct on this, but I was taught to apply cork grease minimally to the cork and then, with finger or paper, encircle the tenon and rotate it in boh ways.

Not only does this use less grease, it is also more effective in that the grease is evenly distributed and less likely to get squeezed off after assembly, leaving a pool of grease in your tenons, which might make its way into the bore of the clarinet.

It has been 8 months since I havr last needed to grease my corks, but I am expecting one very soon.

I am using vandoren cork grease out of inexperience with other greases; has anyone here tried a variety of greases and can give a recommendation?

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