Klarinet Archive - Posting 000377.txt from 1998/09

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] FINDING LEAKS
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 11:34:26 -0400

<<Could be the pad but most of the time it's a small nick in the wood.>>

I have seen many such defects in the tone holes of older clarinets. I'm not
familiar (yet) with tone hole resurfacing methods so, for these old clarinets,
I use kid leather pads. Probably because they are more supple, leather pads
seem more "forgiving" of small defects than other kinds of pads. Sometimes
this is the only economical way to get those old clarinets making music again.

Cindy

-------------------------------------------------------------------------