Saxophones tape instead of cork on neck

[turf3]

I've been using electrical tape for 50 years now and I can't say I've ever had it NOT bleed adhesive sooner or later. There's a reason why quality electrical repairs are done with heat shrink tubing instead.

 

[ESJohn]

the cork on the neck split and could,nt be repaired

I was wondering why a repair (or replacement) couldn't be done. Do you mean at the moment the issue developed or is there no hope of ever replacing the cork? My guess is that electrical tape's linear elasticity would become a problem, as well as the adhesive bleeding. There are silicone tapes available at hardware stores (see features below), but I would guess that cork would be best. I'm speaking as one who has never encountered that problem or experimented, so I am happy to hear everyone's comments on the subject.

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[Dr G]

A good cork will be shaped to a cylinder, vs a cone as results from wrapping tape on the neck tube. This allows one to easily adjust the mouthpiece to the proper position rather than fight increasing resistance to shove it further on the neck.

 

[thomsax]

A good cork will be shaped to a cylinder, vs a cone as results from wrapping tape on the neck tube. This allows one to easily adjust the mouthpiece to the proper position rather than fight increasing resistance to shove it further on the neck.

At last. For me it's tube corks and shellack. Mouthpieces, reeds, ligatures, necks ...... are important. If you have problems up there, your problems will be even bigger down the tube. It's like a car. If don't have a good injection/carbureter your car will lose power. I think it's the same with a saxophone.

 

[thomsax]

It's often the mouthpiece that damaged the cork. The rims/edge of the bore on metal mouthpieces can be sharp. My Rovner mouthpices have nice rounded edges but BL, Dukoff ,,, can be edgy. I made the edge less sharp on my baritone mouthpice.

 

[SaxBoss]

To the OP, have you ever actually had a go at trying to replace the cork on a sax neck with the correct cork? It's fairly simple and in expensive repair.

What's your objection to using cork ?