Klarinet Archive - Posting 000385.txt from 1998/09

From: Matt Palasik <mattp169@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] FINDING LEAKS
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 16:10:56 -0400

you may want to also try cork pads. They aren very goog for the bottom
4 pads but on the upper joint they can be forgiving too with a little
work

CEField@-----.com wrote:
>
> <<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
>
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