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Re: greasing other corks

Author: John G.
Date: 2020-04-08 10:51

Yes, the teflon is used in conjunction with natural cork in regards to thickness. I don't add the teflon as an afterthought.....hopefully that makes sense.

I usually only use teflon on top of/over cork when the key(s) make contact with another in a sliding type motion. The teflon doesn't grab or have any kind of "grit" like even finely sanded cork does which makes the movement of the two keys very smooth. I have two thicknesses of teflon I use. I'd have to look to get exact measurements, but trust me......they're both quite thin. I also find the smoothness of the teflon makes a cork compress and/or wear much less than it normally would. Obviously, the cork isn't bearing the brunt of the friction, the teflon is.

Lastly, I find that I use teflon more on saxophone than clarinet. Simply because there are less (if any!) keys on a typical clarinet (without articulated C#/G#, etc) that make contact with another key in a sliding type motion. On saxophone, the G# key is where I most often use it for that exact reason.....where the "finger" of the G# key makes a sliding/moving type of contact with the G# key cup.

Oh and speaking of "greasing", I'm experimenting with using pure lanolin as a replacement for standard cork grease. Any comments/opinions on pure lanolin?

Thanks!
John

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