Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2004/08

From: "Noel Taylor" <r.n.taylor@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Silva-Bet pads with bolts
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 07:36:20 -0400


-----Original Message-----
From: Lelia Loban [mailto:lelialoban@-----.net]
Sent: 03 August 2004 21:10
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Silva-Bet pads with bolts

Recently, I bought a full-Boehm H. Bettoney Silva-Bet Bb clarinet (probably
from the1930s). It's a metal clarinet with silver plating, similar to my
other Silva-Bet except for the extended range and a curious set of pads.
The clarinet is in unplayable condition, but there's no damage: It just
needs a full overhaul. My question is about what type of pads I should
install.

<SNIP>

I recently bought a Silver King and it needed a complete overhaul. It also
had a mixture of leather and 'fishskin' pads - but I don't think any of them
were original. None of them had metal resonators. The repair man I used said
that metal clarinets should have leather pads (although I'm not sure he'd
ever worked on one before this one). The Silver King has an articulated G#
at the linkage and I found, after the repad, that this was sticking
sometimes - so he put a 'fishskin' pad on that one key, and it plays very
well indeed now.

I would love to compare it with a Silver Bet...I believe (from the archives)
that you have had a Silver King in the past. The fabric of the interior of
my case is also in very poor condition after years of contact with the metal
- I'd like to refurbish it but I'm not sure where to get a suitable fabric
(or would any old furnishing velour do the job?)

Noel

Noel Taylor

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