My Yani 880 alto'neck has a tight fit going into the receiver.The local music store on this Island does not sell cork grease.Is there a common product such as silicon or soap that I can use without damaging the brass or pads if a little gets on one?
yep, and so is lip balm....at least, most brands. It won't become gummy.potiphar said:Cork grease is mainly Vaseline anyway.
An excellent product to clean and polish the parts of a sax neck tenon that is easy to use is called "Miracle Cloth".Pgraves said:Lighter fluid and brasso only removes the crud,
"Lapping compound" then is overkill because it removes crud plus possibly more? When is it appropriate to use it?
Excellent answer.jbtsax said:...My best answer to your question about when it is appropriate to use lapping compound is:
When you are an experienced repair technician and on a badly fitting neck that other techniques don't work, you need to expand-lap-expand-lap-expand-lap until it fits properly. This is not an easy task because if you add too much lapping compound, or try to lap when the fit is too tight, the neck can seize up on you and create a much bigger problem.
John
Actually any cork grease that comes in a small tube will do. Take the plastic cap off the tube and insert it into the end of your mouthpiece before putting it on to the neck. Get out your favorite Cannonball recording, put the music on loud and PLAY ALONG.roberthelpus said:But which cork grease will make me sound like Cannonball Adderley :toothy7: :dazed:
I didn't mean to " rebuff " you or anything like that , only saying that the question was about alternatives for specialistic products which obviously he couldn't findbandmommy said:Sorry milandro,
Next time I'll just read and keep my Pie Hole shut.
I'm learning that it's best for Bandmommy to leave SOTW to the 'experts'.
Well, I suppose the only comfort is that, since shops don't stock the only cork grease that doesn't destroy your sax, at least we're nearly all in the same boat.Gordon (NZ) said:Posts 2,3,4 seem to be about the use of cork grease, on cork.
To clear up a few things...
1. Vaseline is not a good cork grease. It permeates the cork and is very likely to soften the glue that holds the cork on.
2. Many items in balms, etc, including Vaseline, gradually damage the structure of the cork, so that it loses its resiliency.
3. The best cork greases do NOT contain Vaseline.
4. Many cork greases contain products that become stickier and stickier as they dry out, so that in the end that dried cork grease makes the joint more DIFFICULT to assemble. Evidence of this condition is that when you clean it all off, with naphtha (lighter fluid) the mouthpiece goes on MORE easily.
5. Most cork greases on the market are cheap rubbish, even though they may boast the name of a respected instrument maker. If you want decent cork grease, use Alisyn, or one of the two from Doctor's Products. No, shops seldom stock these, because they make a lot more profit form selling cheap rubbish.