Klarinet Archive - Posting 000237.txt from 2006/04

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Silencers
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:22:20 -0400


Karl,

It is not uncommon to foul up a pad putting them in---so I save them and use those skins on the long key pins.

Have been doing it that way for 45 years.

Yes a better material would be nice!

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
>Sent: Apr 20, 2006 5:23 PM
>To: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] Silencers
>
>No, I'm not gunning for anyone. I just finished cutting up a perfectly good
>double-skinned bladder pad to get silencer skins for the left hand E/B and
>F#/C# lever keys - the packing that has to go around the pins at the ends of
>the keys (I have a very old Selmer 10G Bb - way before they started coating
>those pins with Teflon or using plastic for the pins on some instruments).
>It's a small nuisance but enough that I wondered if some of you have found
>better materials to use. I used to buy ready-made, cut-to-size skin discs
>for the purpose, but I haven't seen them and wonder if someone is now making
>them out of something more space-age, like Teflon or some sort of polyester.
>
>What do all of you use?
>
>Karl
>
>
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