Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 1997/03

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: leaking pads?
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 23:28:46 -0500

On 2/27/97 11:25 PM, dikarius@-----.EDU wrote:

>> 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.

And *I've* been told *not* to test the joints by suction -danger of
ripping the skin of the pads (it they are skin, that is). But my tech
*does* use suction. I don't think it makes a lot of difference - either
way you can find a leak if there is one.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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