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Author: Brandon
Date: 2005-10-11 16:11
This weekend I purchased a used Selmer Recital A clarinet. With the exception of a few cork pads on the upper joint, the clarinet had yellow pads. I looked on the Selmer website to see if new Selmer clarinets came with yellow pads, but saw that they did not. Now this clarinet is not very old, so I cannot imagine that the pads would have had to be replaced. Can anyone shed some light on the yellow pads?
Brandon
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2005-10-11 16:21
They yellow over time, but are usually OK.
Same was true with my Recital A which was very well cared for before I got it (from classified on this bulletin board), and did not need new pads on the lower joint when checked by a very good technician.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-10-11 16:24
Some Series 10S clarinets had the bright yellow pads from new (the same colour as flute pads), I don't know what other models they used yellow pads on, but they do reserve the right to change their specification which could account for that.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2005-10-11 18:17
Hi, Brandon:
My understanding, from a very reputable repairer mentor/teacher, is that yellow skin pads are unbleached so that the natural color and oils and stuff are not removed. No cause to worry unless the color is distracting to you. It wouldn't cause me any concern but, of course, we're all different 
- ron b -
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-10-11 18:48
In a recently purchased, used, Selmer cl, I inherited a set of light yellow colored Sel pads, a few of which I've used in minor repairs with good success. I'm more concerned with playing than appearance. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: hans
Date: 2005-10-11 19:34
My Recital's pads have yellowed a little too and I'm a non-smoker. It's most noticeable when a pad is replaced and the new one stands out.
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-10-11 20:59
There are two strains to this discussion:
1) some pads start out white and yellow over time as part of the aging and/or nicotine process
2) some pads are yellow to begin with, for some reason or other (I've even been told that they are colored with an egg yolk wash to protect them - not sure I believe that one)
My Recital had yellow pads #2 on the lower joint.
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2005-10-12 12:44
Thank you for the response. I should clarify that these pads, at least from what I could tell, are bright yellow. They are not slight!
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-10-12 15:44
No, they're just the standard skin pads but with bright yellow treated skin instead.
And with as much contrast against the blackwood body as is possible, a bit like the markings on a wasp.
I just remembered - Hanson use yellow skin pads as well.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2005-10-12 23:33)
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