Klarinet Archive - Posting 000393.txt from 1997/04

From: Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Pad Savers
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:58:30 -0400

At 08:22 AM 4/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I've seen a lot of discussion on the list about temperature and humidity
>considerations for both reeds and instruments. I am using something
>called Pad Savers ( kind of a fuzzy thing that slips inside the sections
>of your clarinet when it is disassembled). Intuitively it seems like
>these might soak up any little bits of moisture you might miss when you
>swab. The question of course is can this be true and is it smart to use
>these?
>
>Rich Green

I'm anxious as well to see any reactions to these based on actual
experience - especially from the guys on the list who do a lot of repair
work. My intuitive reaction to Pad Savers has always been that it would
retain moisture inside the instrument that would otherwise have just
evaporated, thus encouraging unnaturally rapid pad deterioration and maybe
molds and other flora growing inside the instrument (as well as in the Pad
Saver itself). Does anyone really know what the risks/benefits of these
things are?

Karl Krelove