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Author: akronclarinet
Date: 2005-02-13 00:04
sooooo... my senior recital is tomorrow.... Feb 13th.
Today is Feb 12.... and I have a bad pad. the membrane ripped off.
...not good....
it still plays and everything, it just makes a short tiny hiss like noise when I change notes. I made sure there is nothing hanging and vibrating causing the noise; I think its just the fuzzy pad instead of the smooth membrane.
I checked with all the local stores today, and some independant repair techs. nada, they are all busy or not in. so it looks like i'm gonna have to go ahead with my recital like this...
I know I may not get many replies this late and with so little time before my recital... but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions at all....
I can't really think of anything to do other than just bear with it. fortunately, it is not too noticeable. its only a problem when I trill that note (clarion A to B) and i only have this once... when I end the first piece...
any thoughts?
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-02-13 00:18
Perhaps someone on the board may know of an emergency tech... where are you, and what time is the recital?
Alternatively, just bear with it, unless you want to take the risk of borrowing a friend's clarinet.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Pam H.
Date: 2005-02-13 01:15
What a friend of mine did once was temporarily replace a bad pad with a piece of styrofoam cup - cut to fit. His pad had completely come out though so it was unplayable as is.
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2005-02-13 16:22
Obviously I'm a little late on this one, but I'll reply hoping it might help someone in the future. I keep a Micro emergency repair kit in my carrying bag,
It has stick on pads, fake corks etc. Several times I've been able to tempoarily fix instruments for players in our Wind Symphony. For a pad you just get the old one out, peel the paper off one the appropriate size and stick it in place. Works suprisingly well.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2005-02-13 22:41
"...Works suprisingly well."
Only if the alignment of the key cup with the tone hole is surprisingly good, which is not particularly common, or the pad material is surprisingly 'squishy'. :-)
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2005-02-15 15:17
I looked at my emergency repair kit again, and it is Valentino, not Micro.
Yes the pad material is squishy, but it definietly is better than playing with a buzzing pad, or no pad at all. Works until a proper repair can be made.
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