Klarinet Archive - Posting 000400.txt from 1994/02

From: Jordan Selburn <jselburn@-----.COM>
Subj: Pad stuff
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 15:34:42 -0500

Dan Leeson writes:
>I am having at least one and probably both clarinets overhauled this
>summer and the issue of Valentino pads came up yesterday in a conversation
>with Clark Fobes when I went to pick up two instruments on which he
>had been working.
>
>Fobes recommended against their use and suggested that he had not had
>been successful in their use. He did not amplify. Perhaps when he is
>on the board he can say why.

Clark has overhauled both my R13 Bb and Yamaha A in the past several years.
Both now have primarily cork pads on the upper joint (all but one) and
skin pads on the lower (one cork and one mystery). However, both
instruments have a black pad on the G#/D# key. Is this a Valentino pad and
if so, I wonder what caused him to change his mind? They're all still
sealing well, however, so who knows what the problem might be.

Last note: some of the new top of the line instruments have resonators on
the pads as do saxes. Any opinions on retro-fitting with those?

Jordan