Klarinet Archive - Posting 000499.txt from 2003/03

From: Vic Brincat <vicbrincat@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Pad Question
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:00:04 -0500

Thanks Sue,

I drink a lot of coffee too. (Probably way more than I
should). I don't have a lot of "condensation"
problems. Funny enough, when I was younger and
playing more frequently than I do now, I had a lot of
moistutre probelms. I drank much less coffee then.

Vic

--- Raycraft <raycraft@-----.com> wrote: > Vic,
> In my case, I have quite a lot of condensation,
> and certain pads
> seem to get really soggy, even though I blot the
> moisture out
> from underneath them with a piece of paper towel
> when I
> am done playing. The skin on these pads seems to
> loosen up
> after just a few months (I play a lot, and my
> technician tells me
> I am especially hard on them!)
> So he finally replaced about four of them with cork
> pads. They
> don't soak up the moisture like skin pads do.....
> Sue
> P.S. Does anyone know why some people have so much
> more condensation troubles than others? Our bassoon
> man
> says I drink too much coffee............
>
>
> From: "Vic Brincat" <vicbrincat@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet Pad Question
>
>
> > How do you know when a pad is worn out? Will it be
> > obvious or will it just start to leak?
> >
> > Vic
>
>
>
>
>
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