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Re: Selmer Prologue Tenons and Sockets...

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2014-10-05 23:55

Chris, I hope you sold the owner of this clarinet a tub of decent cork grease. The only way a clarinet joint can wear this badly is by insufficient lubrication of the cork. As you know dry cork is like a fine abrasive and every assembly wears a small amount from the corresponding socket.
The only time I have had to do this so far was on a 1010 though there I sleeved the socket rather than the tenon.
Your technique looks like a good solution to tenon wear caused by unskilled sanding when new corks are fitted.

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