Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 2009/11

From: wenbier@-----.net
Subj: [kl] Pad Thickness Buffet B12
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:32:01 -0500

Hello,=20

I have a Buffet B12 that needs new pads.=C2=A0 I purchased this horn about =
six years ago for my daughter.=C2=A0 She lost interest, and it has been sit=
ting in the closet -- forgotten and barely used -- for=C2=A0about five year=
s.=C2=A0 Recently, my wife asked me what I wanted to do with it.=C2=A0 I de=
cided that it would make a nice back-up instrument.=C2=A0 Unfortunately, ma=
ny of the pads have deteriorated seriously.=C2=A0 I understand that this is=
often caused by little creatures living in the case, and I've already give=
n the case the fire-and-ice treatment.=C2=A0 As for the horn itself, I deci=
ded to apply the same padding strategy that I use one my instruments, using=
a combination of synthetic and pressed felt pads.=20

Here's the problem. =C2=A0When I sit down to order the pads, I need to know=
which thickness to use: small, medium or thick.=C2=A0 I have searched far =
and wide on the Internet, but what little information I have found is contr=
adictory.=C2=A0 I found a lot of what I already knew: beveled and unbeveled=
pad are measured differently, etc., but no specific information for the B1=
2.=C2=A0 I have considered measuring the old pads, but they are deteriorate=
d.=C2=A0 Further, the are pads! I have a caliper, but I could measure them=
ten times and get different results each time.

Does anyone have actual experience with the B12 that could advise me?=C2=A0=
Should, I just assume that the B12 uses the same thickness and a pro model=
Buffet?=20

Any advice would=C2=A0 be greatly appreciated.=20

Thank you,=20
Wen=20

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