Klarinet Archive - Posting 001019.txt from 1998/04

From: DAVID NADEN <dnaden@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Pad Preferences
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 22:16:48 -0400

Cindy--

I play on Buffet RC Prestige clarinets. Although the A was never set up, the Bb
was set up by Tim Clark in Ohio. My instruments are 12+ years old, and the
leather pads, although a bit discolored, are still working just fine.

A bit about Tim...

He was formerly with Fox and then with Buffet before starting his own repair
shop. He relocated to the columbus, Ohio area about 1986. As far as I
recollect, he uses a clear coating of krylon (?) to help seal the pores the
leather.

David S. Naden, Graduate Student
Cal State University Los Angeles

C E Field wrote:

> Has anyone had experience with kid leather pads on Bb soprano clarinets? I am
> accustomed to using the traditional double-skin pads but a professional
> clarinetist friend says the leather pads on his Selmer are about 50 years old
> and still doing the job.
>
> Cindy