Klarinet Archive - Posting 000114.txt from 1994/06

From: Clark W Fobes <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Straubinger Pads
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 11:41:31 -0400

On Fri, 17 Jun 1994, Anthony Corman wrote:

> Any opinion on the black compund pads? (I forget the name
> of the maker, but they're some zoomy space-age compound
> that looks like black shiny plastic.) Albert Alphin
> put them in my horn, and, as far as I can tell,
> they've been incredibly stable. However, my old
> clarinet teacher (Jim Russell) seemed to think that
> they did not help the sound of the horn.
>
> Thx,
>
> Tony Corman
>
Those are "Valentino" pads made by Pete Valentino who now lives in san Diego.
I have used Peted pads in the past. I overhauled the upper joint of my
bass clarinet about 10 years ago with a blakc pad that he no longer
makes. The seal is still fantastic. I have had some problems using more
recent pads and now only use them in two places on the clarinet.

Clark W Fobes