Klarinet Archive - Posting 000955.txt from 2002/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass clarinet pads
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:08:56 -0500

At 04:22 PM 11/19/2002 -0500, George Kidder wrote:
I had interesting answers from Forest Aten, pointing out that cork is less
frequent on bass clarinets even on register keys, from Walter Grabner
remarking that he has seen both cork and skin/leather pads on the E/B key,
and has used Valentino pads with a hold drilled in them, and from Bill
Hausmann, who says that he has seen everything on this key, but suspects
that cork would be difficult to keep adjusted. All of these are useful,
but don't answer the question I didn't ask directly (mea culpa!).

>Which is: If you use skin/leather, how do you get the hole in it? For
>instance, I have a Vito clone (plastic) in which the E.B key has a short
>"pipe" running through the key, connecting the altissimo vent with the
>middle of the bottom of the cup. The pad (brown kid) has a corresponding
>hole in it. Having never seen any mention of special pads in the
>supplier's literature, I was wondering how that hole got there. In cork
>or in a Valentino pad, I could understand that it could be
>drilled/punched, but how about a skin pad? Do you punch those, too, and
>count on the "pipe" to keep things in place? Or what?

I believe that is how it is done. The hole is punched through with a
sharpened tube (the same method is used to add resonators to leather sax
pads) and the "pipe" is then installed.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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