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Re: Servicing an old buffet

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2019-01-05 03:26

I get all of my supplies from JL Smith. The green back pads are very nice and plastic, V/S the old fish skin pads. Also get some shellac sticks to glue the pads on. You can use a cigarette lighter. Get some cigarette paper and cut it into a long thin piece so you can check and see if the pads are sealed. email me if needed.

You can also look up Valentino pads as the green backs are actually made by them. So go to www.jlsmith.com and look for the Valentino green pads.

You can get cork from there as well. Comes in assorted sizes, so use a caliper or micrometer to measure the cork thickness. Call them and they are really nice people to get you set up with the correct sizes. They may have the needed Contact Cement.

Also go to a place like Home Depot or a local hardware store and get a bottle of Contact Cement, NOT rubber cement. Then put the cement on the post where the cork came off AND also on the cork. Wait about 10 minutes and then stick the cork on the post or wherever you are replacing the cork. Again Contact Cement works best, but after a few months replace it as it gets too thick and it becomes hard to use. The Bottles come with a brush. But use rubber gloves because it's a pain to get off of your fingers. It's not a good idea to eat something with this glue on your hands and fingers. Lot's of nasty chemicals.

It's wise to also have razor blades to make clean cuts with the cork.

Last words, JL Smith repairs flutes so these guys know what they are doing. Ask to be transferred to a repairman and they can help with the sizes of the pads and the cork. I can't give out the number as the Bboard might delete the number so just go to the website. I've been repairing horns since the 1970's and I hate it so I don't advertise. What I hate are all of the germs.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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