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Re: Cork vs. Bladder pads

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2006-08-25 16:16

Dear Vytas

But you're not saying leather holds a better seal than cork. I agree with the issue of the pads being less "noisy" but the effect on the sound you get out of the horn far outways this consideration for me.

Clarnibass suggests the piecemeal approach but you have to consider the "weakest link" syndrome. You will never get the effect of the change if there are pads of lesser ability in the system.

Of course the four large pads at the bottom of the horn and the one at the top of the bottom joint cannot be cork. With these I have seen success with leather as well as triple fish skin pads and a synthetic foam material used by Bill Street. There is one very skilled fellow that advocates the use of the Valentino pad in the Ab/Eb cup but this is the ONLY place where I would tolerate such a pad. I believe the rationale for the Valentino in that spot was both for seal and silence (in sliding situations).

...........Paul Aviles

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