Klarinet Archive - Posting 000420.txt from 1997/04

From: ClarinetPlayer@-----.com (MR BRIAN C HING)
Subj: Re: Pad Savers
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:58:51 -0400

Karl Krelove wrote:
>...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...

It seems to me that the proper function of Pad Savers is in explained
in the name of the product, i.e., the purpose of Pad Savers is to
save the pads by wicking water away from the pads. Even after
careful swabbing of the bore, water may occasionally remain on the
walls of the tone holes and on the pads themselves. I agree that Pad
Savers should only be used after swabbing otherwise those nasty
things described by Karl can happen.

B. Curtis Hing