Klarinet Archive - Posting 000019.txt from 2007/11

From: clarni bass <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: RES: [kl] "Effer" Pad Preference poll
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:55:13 -0400

Hello Fernando

This is interesting, is there any chance I can find
more about these pads, and maybe even try a sample?
The only synthetic pads I know about are the Valentino
(which used to suck but now improved, and I hear they
are working on more new improvements) and the Omni
pads from Kraus which a lot of people like. Your pads
sound like another interesting idea.

Thanks!

Nitai

--- Fernando José Silveira
<fernandounirio@-----.com> wrote:

> In Brazil I help to develop a new kind of rubber
> pads with a "Teflon" skin.
> It is quiet and sounds very good. I use in all my
> horns.
>
> Best
>
> Fernando José Silveira
> Professor Adjunto de clarineta
> Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro -
> UNIRIO
> fernandounirio@-----.com
> www.fernandojosesilveira.mus.br
>
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: Forest Aten [mailto:forestaten@-----.com]
> Enviada em: sexta-feira, 2 de novembro de 2007 14:06
> Para: klarinet@-----.org
> Assunto: RE: [kl] "Effer" Pad Preference poll
>
>
>
> Gary,
>
> My Buffet Eb is much too old for "stock padding" to
> be an issue. I'm sure
> the pads were all bladder/felt when I got it
> (slightly used) in the 1960s.
> However, I've over the years replaced most of the
> small pads with cork. The
> larger pads (and a couple of the top trill keys) are
> still felt. Cork pads
> seem to have the potential to seal better, and
> whether because of a better
> seal or the different surface, they also seem to
> give the sound more
> clarity. I think they're harder to seat on the
> larger holes on the lower
> end, and they're a little noisier than other pads
> when they close, which
> gets more audible as the surface area hitting the
> tone hole increases. But I
> have nothing to compare against other than the pads
> that were replaced
> (which were faulty, or they'd still be there).
> Replacing everything with
> Gortex, leather or any of the newer synthetic pads
> is a project I've just
> never felt the need to take on because the
> instrument feels fine they way it
> is. I do prefer cork in the upper joint of my bigger
> instruments, again for
> the improved seal it seems to provide.
>
> Just one opinion, FWIW, since you've not gotten many
> others.
>
> Karl Krelove
>
> Valentino....they seal great and they
> last....and....I love the way they
> sound/feel.
>
> Forest
>
>
>
>
>
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