As I´m trying to get better in sax maintenance there´s one dark chapter where I seem to not get any wiser:
Finding the right height for connection corks.
Particularily connections between: 1) left hand stack: C#-B, C#-C or vice versa 2) right hand: F#-F, F#-E, F#-D
Obviously there always has to be a slight "prepressure" left in sanding down the corks, so that there is enough pressure on the first key (C#, F#). But is there a general rule ? If there is too much prepressure left then, of course, all the other keys will have problems getting closed.
To me the main problem seems to be that the corks will need some time to get "flattened", then they get harder and adjust themselves.
To get harder and more persistent corks I had the idea of coutiously lackering the corks. Hardens the corks makes them easier to adjust and more persistent.
Some years ago I saw a horn Emilio Lyons worked on. He used an "inverted" technique: He slung tiny leather parts around the connection bar and lacquered them. No cork at all !
Sorry for my english, if I did´nt use the right terms, please get back to me, and sorry for making this so long. Thanks for your advice.
Finding the right height for connection corks.
Particularily connections between: 1) left hand stack: C#-B, C#-C or vice versa 2) right hand: F#-F, F#-E, F#-D
Obviously there always has to be a slight "prepressure" left in sanding down the corks, so that there is enough pressure on the first key (C#, F#). But is there a general rule ? If there is too much prepressure left then, of course, all the other keys will have problems getting closed.
To me the main problem seems to be that the corks will need some time to get "flattened", then they get harder and adjust themselves.
To get harder and more persistent corks I had the idea of coutiously lackering the corks. Hardens the corks makes them easier to adjust and more persistent.
Some years ago I saw a horn Emilio Lyons worked on. He used an "inverted" technique: He slung tiny leather parts around the connection bar and lacquered them. No cork at all !
Sorry for my english, if I did´nt use the right terms, please get back to me, and sorry for making this so long. Thanks for your advice.