Klarinet Archive - Posting 000589.txt from 1997/08

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: Do it yourself pads
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 15:28:37 -0400

If you're adventurous, and cheap, then try the Valentino pads. They are
really easy to use (self sticking, self seating), and are good. Call your
favorite mail-order house, and get the kit ($20) to do the pads yourself.
You can do most of them (if not all of them) without taking the keys off.

Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 08:17:21 -0700
From: Matt Coill <mcoill@-----.com>
Subject: Pads

Hi I just found out about this list yesterday.

I justed began playing again after many, many years. However, my
clarinet (a typical Bundy student model), has some pretty ugly pads,
they don't even come close to making a seal. I read the post on sneezy
about replacing pads yourself, it did not sound fun. But I am
adventurous, fairly handy, and cheap. So weather I or a professional do
it depends alot on cost. About what should I pay someone to do a total
pad replacement? What should a set of pads cost me, if I were to do this
myself, and where do I get them. Is there anyone out there who has done
this themselves, what was the first time experience like?

Any comments would be helpful,
- - Matt