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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thomsax" data-source="post: 570431" data-attributes="member: 17">No rings on my saxes. The tapered needs less work with the round file. I use shellack on tubes.Yes, sheet cork is fine. I don't use the thin mouthpiece on Martin anymore. It is better on a Keilwerth from the 50's or a Döfler & Jörka from the early 60's. The O.D. on these sax necks is around 14,5 mm and the I.D on the mouthpiece is c 15,4 mm. The length of the cork is around 20 mm. I sand down a strip of 1/16" (1,6 mm) sheet cork before I cut it up in 20 mm pieces. Then I don't have to sand down so much after glueing it on the neck. No cork is visible when it's sitting on the neck. I put one or two O-rings after the cork just to fill up the gap.</blockquote>