Tony Edge
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My music teaches suggested using A10 0.8mm French BG mouthpiece cushions these cost almost a pound each.
They were easy playing and soft on the teeth.
But after playing for two days my teeth had gone through the rubber.
Continuing to play bits of rubber disintegrated into my mouth
The Yamaha transparent .5mm lasted nearly one week.
Why are the pads so expensive after a year you spend 50 pounds on tiny bit of rubber. After all the Yamaha 4.C mouthpiece only cost 35 pounds.
After a lot of searching for large sheets of self adhesive rubber came to nothing.
Cycle repair patches did not work well.
The perfect answer was a cycle inner tube rubber, Select a tube about .5 to 1mm thickness.
Cut the inner tube rubber to a length of about 12 inches.
Cut the tube open along the inside to form a continuous strip.
With a green pan scrub and washing up liquid clean both side of the rubber
If you wish you can soak it in dental mouthwash before use.
Dry toughly.
Buy some double sided adhesive tape. Poundaland sell 1 inch wide in packs of three enough to last a lifetime. It’s only quite thin and has a white backing strip. (Don’t buy the thick stuff).
Put the tape on the curly inside and leave the backing for removal later.
Use some masking tape on the mouthpiece with a pencil draw the ideal shape.
Remove and use this for an exact template for your saxophone mouthpiece.
These have been tested both on alto and tenor and still working after 3 weeks.
They work better than the bought variety and they are tailored for a perfect fit.
Just one warning if you have any allergies stop using these if you encounter any unpleasant reactions the rubber.
Rubber latex allergy
Latex is the name for a type of gluey sap produced by many plants.
The latex that comes from Hevea Braziliensis (the rubber tree)
Is the starting material used in the manufacture of rubber.
For some reason this particular sap causes many allergy problems.
Allergy to natural rubber latex is becoming more common.
Good luck
Tony
http://learnsax.co.uk
They were easy playing and soft on the teeth.
But after playing for two days my teeth had gone through the rubber.
Continuing to play bits of rubber disintegrated into my mouth
The Yamaha transparent .5mm lasted nearly one week.
Why are the pads so expensive after a year you spend 50 pounds on tiny bit of rubber. After all the Yamaha 4.C mouthpiece only cost 35 pounds.
After a lot of searching for large sheets of self adhesive rubber came to nothing.
Cycle repair patches did not work well.
The perfect answer was a cycle inner tube rubber, Select a tube about .5 to 1mm thickness.
Cut the inner tube rubber to a length of about 12 inches.
Cut the tube open along the inside to form a continuous strip.
With a green pan scrub and washing up liquid clean both side of the rubber
If you wish you can soak it in dental mouthwash before use.
Dry toughly.
Buy some double sided adhesive tape. Poundaland sell 1 inch wide in packs of three enough to last a lifetime. It’s only quite thin and has a white backing strip. (Don’t buy the thick stuff).
Put the tape on the curly inside and leave the backing for removal later.
Use some masking tape on the mouthpiece with a pencil draw the ideal shape.
Remove and use this for an exact template for your saxophone mouthpiece.
These have been tested both on alto and tenor and still working after 3 weeks.
They work better than the bought variety and they are tailored for a perfect fit.
Just one warning if you have any allergies stop using these if you encounter any unpleasant reactions the rubber.
Rubber latex allergy
Latex is the name for a type of gluey sap produced by many plants.
The latex that comes from Hevea Braziliensis (the rubber tree)
Is the starting material used in the manufacture of rubber.
For some reason this particular sap causes many allergy problems.
Allergy to natural rubber latex is becoming more common.
Good luck
Tony
http://learnsax.co.uk
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