Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 2004/08

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silva-Bet pads with bolts
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:00:32 -0400


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From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Silva-Bet pads with bolts

> Bill Hausmann posted:
>
> <<<I think white leather pads are still available, although you may have
to
> look around some. If not original, they certainly qualify as "period.">>>
>
> I purchased a Yamaha CSV Bb at the clarinet convention in New Orleans in
> 2001. The particular instrument was one that Hiroshi Nakajima, their
> resident clarinet wizard, tinkered over for three days while fielding
> questions behind the booth. It has four different kinds of pads - cork,
> bladder, Valentino and white leather - depending on which tone hole is
> covered. (The white leather is used for the big holes on the bottom
joint).
>
> I like this clarinet very much. The white leather pads seal quite well.
I
> don't know where Hiroshi got them, but they're obviously gettable.
>
> kjf

Last I checked, they were available through Feree's.

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