Klarinet Archive - Posting 000154.txt from 2009/11

From: "Ronald Coleman" <ron.coleman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Pad Thickness Buffet B12
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:34:45 -0500

While you're at it ... Consider using cork pads for the upper half ...
Brightens up the sound. The Downside is that they are noisier (closing)
though I don't find that bothersome even playing in small groups.=20

I've also been very happy with the white leather pads I have on the =
lower
half of the instrument. Several years old now and still look new. And =
they
are played several hours every week. (Buffet R13s)

Ron

ron.coleman@-----.com

-----Original Message-----
From: wenbier@-----.net]=20
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:32 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Pad Thickness Buffet B12

Hello,=20

I have a Buffet B12 that needs new pads.=A0 I purchased this horn about =
six
years ago for my daughter.=A0 She lost interest, and it has been sitting =
in
the closet -- forgotten and barely used -- for=A0about five years.=A0 =
Recently,
my wife asked me what I wanted to do with it.=A0 I decided that it would =
make
a nice back-up instrument.=A0 Unfortunately, many of the pads have
deteriorated seriously.=A0 I understand that this is often caused by =
little
creatures living in the case, and I've already given the case the
fire-and-ice treatment.=A0 As for the horn itself, I decided 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. =A0When I sit down to order the pads, I need to know =
which
thickness to use: small, medium or thick.=A0 I have searched far and =
wide on
the Internet, but what little information I have found is =
contradictory.=A0 I
found a lot of what I already knew: beveled and unbeveled pad are =
measured
differently, etc., but no specific information for the B12.=A0 I have
considered measuring the old pads, but they are deteriorated.=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?=A0
Should, I just assume that the B12 uses the same thickness and a pro =
model
Buffet?=20

Any advice would=A0 be greatly appreciated.=20

Thank you,
Wen=20

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