Klarinet Archive - Posting 000323.txt from 2010/08

From: Nitai Levi <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cigarette Papers -- Checking for Pad Seal
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:14:00 -0400

>> Beats going to the Duane Reade or CVS drug store and =

>> getting dirty stares from the clerk and the people in line, =

>> too many of whom think you're planning to get high

I guess I never cared about that, almost no one here does. We have rolling =

papers in almost ever kiosk here and many people buy them all the time. No =
big =

deal really who cares what anyone in line thinks. By the way whatever compa=
ny of =

rolling papers, get the thin type. I like OCB best from the many I've tried=
but =

the thin type from almost any other company will be fine. The thicker the p=
aper, =

the less sensitive you can get.

>> I have located leaks using the air pressure method, I described.=A0 I
>> would use my knee to stop the end, use one hand to close the tone
>> holes, blow with a good seal around the top end and wave my hand up
>> and down around the outside of the joint I am checking (that is, if I
>> hear an air leak).=A0 It will tell me if the pad is tilted the wrong way
>> and I can heat and re-seat it from there.

Closing with your knee can work for some people I guess. It won't work with =

pants though and I guess the thinner you are and the hairier your knee is, =
it =

won't work very good either. I can't do this. I use either my hand or a rub=
ber =

stopper. The advantage of having a free hand is as you said, pressing on ke=
ys to =

check if the leak disappears when pressing harder on a certain key. I recom=
mend =

squirting air as opposed to blowing normally.

=

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