Klarinet Archive - Posting 000262.txt from 2001/04

From: fred.sheim@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Straubinger Pads
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:04:19 -0400

But do they "vent" better than bladder pads?

Fred

> ... Not to mention that .... they vent
>better than any other artificial pad I have ever heard
>of.
>
>Fred Jacobowitz
>
>
>--- Don Yungkurth <clarinet@-----.net> wrote:
>> James Marioneaux wrote:
>>
>> >I had my clarinet repadded with Strabinger (sp?)
>> pads and it plays great
>> now
>> >(a mid-70's Buffet RC). The Srtabinger pads are
>> expensive, but they do seal
>> >great. The felt that is used in the pads is of the
>> very highest quality
>> and
>> >there are some other ways the pads are made (my
>> tech explained it to me)
>> that
>> >make these pads very high quality. They also have
>> a much longer life than
>> >the traditional bladder pads (so they say. I
>> haven't had mine long enough
>> >check that out. I am impressed with these pads. I
>> am not sure what the
>> >covering is, but I know it is not fishskin. I
>> don't know if anyone else
>> had
>> >has experience with the Starbingers, but I think
>> they are super.
>>
>> Straubinger pads seem to be the new pad of choice
>> with many flutists, at
>> least from the stories on "Flute" (the "Klarinet"
>> equivalent for flutists).
>> I have no personal experience with them and can't
>> comment on construction or
>> composition.
>>
>> Apparently Straubinger tries to restrict sale of
>> these pads to people who
>> have been trained to install them as intended. It
>> is worth while finding if
>> the technician has the skills as well as the pads
>> before having Straubinger
>> pads installed on an instrument.
>>
>> In talking with one flutist who has been trained and
>> does her own repair
>> work, proper installation of Straubinger pads
>> requires adjusting toneholes
>> so that they are absolutely flat, i. e., perfect -
>> completely in one plane
>> and free of nicks or defects. The pad cup must be
>> adjusted to be
>> absolutely parallel to the seat, since these pads
>> depend on fitting
>> correctly to seal, rather than by applying pressure
>> or having the pad deform
>> to match the geometry of the seat. When properly
>> installed these pads allow
>> sealing with the lightest possible touch.
>>
>> In my limited experience of repadding clarinets and
>> flutes, flutes are far
>> more difficult to pad leak-free than clarinets, but
>> I would assume that a
>> quality job with Straubingers would last longer on
>> either instrument.
>>
>> Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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