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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-04-06 21:44
I have a question about pad savers...not those fuzzy little things that sax players use (I have one for my MP), but those circular objects that you put into the top of the lower section, then there is that spring-loaded part that you put over the B key.... I just got one free from my clarinet repair man (tech?), but I have heard they are actually bad for the clarinet? Another tech said that they don't allow the moisture to disperse through the clarinet naturally. Mine said that it saves the pad from being ruined too soon or something. I don't know too much in the way of pad savers, so if someone could enlighten me? thanks.
-Lindsie
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2005-04-07 00:45
New (bladder) pads have resilience, because of the uncrushed nature of the felt inside.
Pads NEED a little resilience.
The more a pad becomes crushed, the less resilience it has.
Those gadgets assist in crushing pads.
For the pads which are normally closed, resilience is not so important.
However the F/C and E/B pads definitely need more resilience, because they have to cope with factors which affect the simultaneous closing, such as slight play in the pivots, flexing of the metal in linkage mechanisms, and the springiness of the silencing material used on the crowsfoot.
These factors result in the force being transferred to the F/C key when pressing down the E/B key (or lever) is less for the left hand fingering than the right. Hence the need for resilience.
These factors are the reason why any leaks involving these pads will normally affect response for the left fingering before the right.
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-04-07 12:18
GBK: I saw this post, but appears as though the posters are referring to those long things with fuzzy stuff attached...as they refer to lint...and to cleaning them...I am not referring to those, however.
-Lindsie
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2005-04-07 13:54
I am familiar with the gadget described, which presses firmly on the E/B lever to close the E/B and F/C pads while the instrument is in its case. My post related to this gadget rather than any bottle-brush-type 'pad saver'.
I don't think the gadget would be called a 'pad saver' though.
Post Edited (2005-04-07 13:54)
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Author: mikecbonner
Date: 2005-04-07 19:00
When I am done playing, I blow across every pad to remove moisture, and then swab it. Does anyone else do that, or am I wasting my time?
Mike.
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