Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 1997/03

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: GoreTex pads
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 23:30:18 -0500

On 3/5/97 2:32 PM, adam.calabrese@-----.GOV wrote:

>I still
>haven't heard any first hand accounts about the Gore Tex pads, but I =
figure
>Buffet must have done a lot of testing before they put the pads on one of
>their top-of-the-line clarinets, right...?

I asked a bassoon repair friend about this, knowing that GoreTex=81 =
is designed to 1.) keep out moisture, but 2.) also allow air to pass =
through (breathe). His response - yes, it allows air to pass through =
- for an instrument pad, "what is wrong with this picture?"!!

Any comments from the repair techs here?

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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