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Fitting the saxophone neck cork.

January 31, 2022May 5, 2015 by rheuben

Fitting the saxophone neck cork. The main thing to remember when fitting a neck cork to the mouthpiece is simple. The neck is a cone with a taper and both the cork and mouthpiece are cylinders. So you must sand the cork more on the side toward the neck register key and less at the … Read more

Saxophone right hand key noise and bounce..

January 31, 2022April 29, 2015 by rheuben

Saxophone right hand key noise and bounce.. A lot of manufactures and repairmen let the cork under the right hand keys bounce against the main body of the saxophone. This creates two things: Noise and bounce in the right hand keys when they are lifted. The fix is very simple: just glue a piece of … Read more