Klarinet Archive - Posting 000811.txt from 1996/04

From: Fernando Silveira <fersilv@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Gore-Tex pads
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 21:45:51 -0400

Do you know where we can buy it?
Fernndo Silveira

At 15:49 25/04/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>Has anyone tried the new gore-tex pads? What are the advantages of them?
>>Disadvantages?
>>
>
>I have these pads on both my clarinets, and I think they are great. They are
>less prone to deterioration because they don't absorb water, thus they last
>longer and very seldom will they leak.
>
>Some people think that they make the tone on the clarinet brighter -- that
>skin pads make for a more meaty, dark sound. I don't know about that; I love
>the way my clarinets sound and am happy to have the added "protection" of
>the Gore-Tex.
>
>--Nate
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