I just have two small packs left. I got them through Ganter.
But I might ask Worischek, where he gets them.

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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Sven Bring
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:08 PM
To: The Horn List
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Valve Corks

Hans, where do you get cork sticks? A German source would be
fine for me, since I live in sweden.

Sven

----- Original Message ----
> From: hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu>
> Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 8:15:34 AM
> Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Valve Corks
> 
> Hello
> 
Tim,
> 
before
> 
you
> 
do
> 
anything,
> 
visit
> 
my
> 
website
> www.pizka.de/Corks.html
> 
and
> 
see
> 
how
> 
to
> 
replace
> 
them.
> 
I
> 
had
> used
> 
neoprene
> 
before,
> 
but
> 
they
> 
tend
> 
to
> 
swell
> 
if
> 
in
> 
contact
> with
> 
certain
> 
oils.
> 
So
> 
I
> 
changed
> 
back
> 
to
> 
the
> 
use
> 
of
> 
corks.
> Self
> 
cut
> 
corks
> 
are
> 
not
> 
any
> 
solution
> 
as
> 
it
> 
is
> 
hard
> 
to
> 
get
> them
> 
down
> 
to
> 
the
> 
right
> 
dimension,
> 
where
> 
1/2
> 
of
> 
a
> 
milimeter
> can
> 
influence
> 
playing.
> 
Send
> 
me
> 
your
> 
postal
> 
address
> 
&
> 
I
> 
shall
> send
> 
you
> 
two
> 
cork
> 
sticks,
> 
enough
> 
to
> 
change
> 
the
> 
corks
> 
twice
> 
-
> if
> 
you
> 
do
> 
it
> 
carefully.
> 
Do
> 
not
> 
forget
> 
wrapping
> 
the
> 
cork
> sticks
> 
into
> 
a
> 
thin
> 
towel,
> 
carefully
> 
hammering
> 
them
> 
to
> 
oval
> size,
> 
so
> 
you
> 
can
> 
insert
> 
them
> 
vertically
> 
in
> 
their
> 
sockets
> 
on
> the
> 
horn
> 
&
> 
then
> 
cut
> 
short.
> 
If
> 
the
> 
alignment
> 
(see
> 
the
> 
inner
> marks
> 
after
> 
descrewing
> 
the
> 
valve
> 
cap)
> 
is
> 
not
> 
at
> 
100%,
> 
press
> the
> 
cork
> 
just
> 
a
> 
bit
> 
sidewards
> 
in
> 
with
> 
a
> 
metal
> 
instrument
> 
or
> a
> 
wooden
> 
instrument.
> 
That
> 
works.
> 
>
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