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Your cart is empty.Specification: Item Type: Instrument Accessory Material: Natural Silicone Size (L x D1x D2):Approx.36 x 16 x 14 mm Weight: Approx. 11g Excellent ability to compress and de-compress Fit for most all saxophones soprano Tenor Alto Package Includes: 5 x Great neck Silicone
Gregory V.
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
I bought these to replace the cork on a Yamaha Student Tenor YTS-23 using a Yamaha 4C mouthpiece. Installation of the sleeve directly onto the neck proved to be too small to hold the mouthpiece securely, so I pulled it off and wrapped 10-12 revolutions of white teflon tape (used in plumbing) onto the neck and reinstalled the sleeve.That gave it enough thickness to secure the mouthpiece in the same approximate position as the cork had.Yes you need to use cork grease to slide the sleeve on, especially after adding the teflon tape. But it ended up working out exactly right, as one would expect.
Donovan Smith
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
The cork on my alto started to flake and I did not want to spend the money at a repair shop. Saw these silicone tubes, and thought I would give them a try. The fit is very snug. So it takes some effort getting one on the neck. The good thing is that it does not slip and slide around when you put the mouth piece on. Definitely use cork greese before putting on the mouth piece. Other reveiwers have trouble with these tubes because they are trying to put these on tenor and soprano necks. You might be able to get by with a soprano, but I wouldn't try it on a tenor. Look specifically for tenor tubes.
Jacob I Pedersen-Foiada
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2024
So much easier than the corking. Install was way easy and it holding up to a high schooler in marching and jazz band. I think I’ll put one on my horn. Even the band director asked for the link.
Kevin Marlowe
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2024
Too small for my tenor; returned.
Mama Bear Em
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
Slides around constantly, can't set your mouthpiece
Sergio A Kuik
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023
Works well enough.
holyfire
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2023
I have only used one of these. Used it on a few decades old Selmer AS500 Aristocrat (Taiwan made). That probably makes no difference but maybe you want to know. Their instructions say to use cork grease when installing it. Do so, otherwise it is very hard to install. The only problem I found is after playing awhile the mouthpiece was very hard to remove. I started putting a few drops of olive oil on this silicone sleeve before installing the mouthpiece and find that it is not so hard to remove. For some reason cork grease was just not slick enough. The mouthpiece went on easy enough but was difficult to remove.Anyway this has a fantastic air seal. Really like it. Wish the selection was all black instead of the multi-colors, but not much shows when you are using it anyway. To me this makes cork obsolete. Hope it lasts.Update: After using it awhile it became much easier to remove the mouthpiece and now just cork grease on it is working fine.10-21-23 I have used several of these on my alto saxophones with success. I have had to glue a couple of them on because they slipped around too much.I tried one on my soprano and there is just no way. These are too large for a soprano sax neck.
Rebecca Kincl
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
They're too thick to fit a mouthpiece over, and there's nothing to secure it in place. So when we tried to put the mouthpiece on, it just pushed the silicone further down on the neck. Really bummed; I was hoping they would work as it's a cool idea!
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