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 Re: Cork vs. Bladder pads
Author: tictactux ★2017
Date:   2006-08-27 10:56
Attachment:  EVACloseUp.jpg (43k)

clarnibass wrote:
> What is polymer? I can't really understand from the picture what kind of
> material it is. Do these pads have the same feel as bladder pads (hardness),
> and how noisy/quiet are they?

Polymer is a generic term for a whole family of materials. I don't know what the pros in here are using, I've had great success with closed-cell EVA foam. The specimen in the attached picture is 3mm thick and was used to repad a metal clarinet.
The material is comparable to felt/skin with some notable differences:
- It won't ever stick to the tonehole, makes it well suited for those normally-closed "wet" keys.
- But unlike felt/skin it does not really "wear in" which makes it a bit trickier to use on the large keys on the lower joint. But it still has sufficient travel/softness to work with less-than-perfect bedplaces.
- And as it is a tad stiffer than their traditional counterparts it can be noisier on those keys - they close with a faint pop. Probably for the same reason cork is rarely used there.
- you must create your own cardboard backing, and you must be careful with hot glue.
It also is excellent as a silencer where cork can be too noisy.
Dirt cheap (some 5$ for a 30x40cm sheet).

--
Ben
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