I believe that if your after stuff for pads and the like you'll be best going for the real thing. Get in touch with a wind instrument repairer, maker. If you just want a source of cheap cork I use loads of it for pads on clamps and jigs. Try carpet tiles. Flooring supplies etc.
not sure exactly how thin you are looking for, but any home improvement (home depot, lowes, OSH, etc...) or home and kitchen store (Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and the like) sell rolls of cork to use as kitchen drawer linings. Don't have some in front of me, but i think it's about 1/16" thick.
I believe that if your after stuff for pads and the like you'll be best going for the real thing. Get in touch with a wind instrument repairer, maker. If you just want a source of cheap cork I use loads of it for pads on clamps and jigs. Try carpet tiles. Flooring supplies etc.
A bagpipe chanter, but also pads on violins The violin pad could be just about anything so long as it wasn't too thick, but I think I do need instrument grade cork for the chanter.
This thread reminds me of the days when I would sit through lectures on 2,4,6-TCA
Yes, but after mine disintegrated I thought cork might be a better solution. A 200 year old tradition rather than a 500 year old one, or whatever. I don't think there is such a thing as a modern bagpipe
Mainly I need it for the violin thing, but I'd like to get something generally useful . . . like musty chicken taint!