Tech/maintenance Low C# foot cork on 1926 TrueTone alto?

[bobstad]

Yikes. that's a long time.
Do you have a caliper to measure the thickness of the plastic piece?

My gut feeling is that it won't matter too much, you have the "cork" in there mostly to avoid the clacking noise when thefoot hits the bow and, to some degree to regulate the opening angle and reduce bounce. In theory, you can use a thin piece of felt like what you would use for coasters and if it is too thin you double it up. You have to cut the contours, but any razor blade or cuticle scissors will do for that. No need to get carried away and if you had a plastic piece in there, it would be the wrong thing anyway.

The idea of building up layers of something simple and tough, where the cork normally is, might work? Likely, I'll come across something by chance which can be adapted..

I'm pretty handy.

 

[PigSquealer]

Long thread for a .064 x .150 x .250 piece of cork and .5mm drop of glue.

 

[Woodpad]

Long thread for a .064 x .150 x .250 piece of cork and .5mm drop of glue.

The concept of simple solutions for simple problems is very far from the conceived present economic reality.

 

[PigSquealer]

The concept of simple solutions for simple problems is very far from the conceived present economic reality.

There’s a reason Duct tape is so popular.

 

[Woodpad]

There’s a reason Duct tape is so popular.

Hoarding? As the present oil price will increase the price of Duct tape.