Klarinet Archive - Posting 000370.txt from 2000/10

From: Steve Ocone/Ann Quinn <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] "peach back pads"
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 10:07:09 -0400

on 10/6/00 11:11 PM, jim & joyce at lande@-----.com wrote:

> For the last year or so I have been using Ferree's white kit
> bassoon pads for restoring antique metal clarinets. These
> are medium thickness. When you need them to be thinner, you
> can shave the leather in back. I recently call to order
> bladder (fish skin) pads and was asked if I wanted to try
> the -- and I may have this a little wrong -- the "peach back
> pads". What's the difference? 1) they have some sort of
> coating and last longer. 2) they cost more than twice as
> much.
> I know that there has been a lot of discussion about a
> type of pads with a teflon coating, but that those pads
> don't come in all sizes and are really expensive -- more
> than twice what the peach back pads cost.
>
> Has anyone tried the peach back pads? are they worth
> the extra cost?
>
> Is there a pad seller who sells leather pads in thin
> sizes? (As in someone I could call besides Ferrees?)
>
> thanks
> Jim Lande
>
>
Peach back pads are a little bit firmer than the regular double skin pads
ferree's sells. Also they only come in medium thickness. They are a good
quality pad and I stock them but since I use primarly thin pads I don't use
them as much as their B-30. Interestingly, I believe they are made by
Prestini. Prestini makes and sells a peach back in thin as well as medium. I
may start using these. The cost of pads is small compared to the labor of
installing them. If a pad is superior I usually use it regardless of cost.
Steve ocone
Quality Woodwind Repair

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