Saxophone Neck Cork Replacement

• Remove the old cork• Scrape off all old glue and traces of the original cork• Cut the cork to the proper width and trapezoid shape• Bevel the shorter edge of the trapezoid• Apply glue to both the beveled edge (plus a bit more) and the entire bottom side

of the cork• Apply glue to the area on the neck where the new cork will be applied• Wait for the glue to dry to the touch on both the cork and the neck• Touch the shorter end of the bottom side of the cork to the glued area of the neck

and wrap completely around so that it overlaps itself on the beveled edge• Trim all the excess cork so that it is close to the original in size• Use either sanding screen, sandpaper or emery board to sand the cork flat and

smooth• Be sure to sand the top edge of the cork where the mouthpiece goes on so that it

has a slight bevel to allow the mouthpiece to slide on more easily and not rip the top edge of the cork

Some people try to keep using their sax neck cork much too long.All the old cork (and tape when used) plus any old glue.

Make sure to scrape all the old cork and old glue so the place where the new neck cork will go is bare metal.

Cut the new cork in a trapezoid shape with the short endthe correct length to fit on the sax neck.

Cut a bevel along the short edgeof the trapezoid shape.

Apply glue to the to the flat bottom side of the cork and to the beveled edge (plus just a bit past the bevel) as well as the exposed part of the sax neck, .

Start to attach the cork to the neck by touching the short edgeof the cork to the neck. Notice the glue on the top side of the corkwhere the bevel is and just beyond it so that when the cork wrapsaround and overlaps the bevel it will stick well.

Wrap the cork around using uniform pressure to ensure that the cork adheres to the neck all the way around.

Wrap the cork around over the bevel and make sure it sticks to the bevel and just past it so thatit will be secure.

Notice how far the cork overlaps Beyond the beveled edge.

Trim the cork so that it is levelWith the end of the sax neckAnd then cut off the loose endOf the cork that sticks outBeyond the overlap with theBeveled edge.

Use sanding screen, sandpaper or emery board to bevel the top edge of the corkas well as smoothing thearea where the cork wrapped over itself on the beveled edge.

Notice the faint lineWhere the cork is cutAt the overlap.

Notice the evenness of the cork around the end of the neck.This is ready to go now.

When the cork is sanded to thecorrect thickness the mouthpiecewill slide on between half and 2/3of the way. The cork should haveresilience to allow the mouthpieceto be only 1/4 of the way on if necessary but also allow themouthpiece to be pushed on almostall the way when needed.