Klarinet Archive - Posting 000987.txt from 1997/02

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: leaking pads?
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 20:16:58 -0500

Regarding this:
> A quick and dirty way to see if you have any leaks, is to take each
> section by itself, plug up one end, close all the keys using normal
> fingering, and blow into the other end. You will hear or feel any leaks.
> etc...
>
I was told that you did not want to blow through the clarinet since
that could blow open a normally closed pad and lead to a "false
Positive" - appear as a leak when you didn't really have one. As it
was described to me, you closed all the opening as described, but then
tried to breathe IN through the (supposedly) sealed section - if there
was a leak you would be able to inspire some air or hear the whistle
as the air flows through the high resistance.
Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
2105 Independence Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64124
email: dikarius@-----.EDU