Valerie wrote: <My old Humes and Berg was fine but the corks fell apart and I was hoping to upgrade.>
_____________________________ I also have an early '60's Humes and Berg (paid $8 for it then). The corks are still nearly 1/8" high, but I wanted more cork. Instead of adding cork I used a hot glue gun to add more height (to about 3/16"). This has worked well, the glue is sticky and the mute adheres to the horn bell well. I also painted the mute a gloss two-tone brown color scheme (the house trim paint of my previous house-- a nice memory for me). Who knows, that old red-white paint might have been lead based anyway. Larry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
