Accessories Upgrade Your Saxophone Performance with a Softwood Silicone Neck Sleeve

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Spotted on eBay. I'm well aware of the PTFE tape trick for damaged neck cork. The appealing pictures and description are really selling this to me -cough

 
The wording "upgrade your performance" seems to be incredibly misleading, as if this will some how improve your playing.

In all seriousness it might be a solution for the problem of using mouthpieces with different bores. :confused2:
Someone needs to try it and review.

What you say sounds good, but depending how easy to take off and put on again. And whether it is thin enough (which I doubt.)
 
The problem with that solft silicone material is that it's also very very sticky. I suspect that even if you slather it with cork grease, the lubricant will migrate away from areas of high contact pressure and then the silicone sleeve will stick to the mouthpiece ID, probably tearing when you force it.
 
In all seriousness it might be a solution for the problem of using mouthpieces with different bores. :confused2:
If it is squishy enough to make up for different bores it'll be wobbly enough to make playing awkward. That was one of the reasons I threw out all my Valentino corks, it just felt like I had no control / almost like playing without a strap. Just a hunch, maybe it'll work regardless
 
The wording "upgrade your performance" seems to be incredibly misleading, as if this will some how improve your playing.


Someone needs to try it and review.

What you say sounds good, but depending how easy to take off and put on again. And whether it is thin enough (which I doubt.)
It is possible to do that with heath shrink tubing. I tried it by shrinking the tube on the cork (npi). Than sand the tube (not the cork ,npi) until the mouthpiece fits (npi). Sometimes the tube stays in the mouthpiece, which is not a big problem (npi).

When you use a silicone necksleeve it might be damaged by the mouththpiece (npi).
 
-35 F last winter with 30 mph winds. Trust me, I would have stuck those things on my fingers as well!
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It is possible to do that with heath shrink tubing. I tried it by shrinking the tube on the cork (npi). Than sand the tube (not the cork ,npi) until the mouthpiece fits (npi). Sometimes the tube stays in the mouthpiece, which is not a big problem (npi).

When you use a silicone necksleeve it might be damaged by the mouththpiece (npi).

“npi”???

Heat (vs ”health”) shrink tubing is not as compliant as the proposed silicone solution. If you just want a temporary fix, it’s hard to beat plumbers’ tape (PTFE) for ease of application/removal and lubricity.
 

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