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Re: Repadding a clarinet...Difficult to learn to do?

Author: time2walkthedog
Date: 2008-07-24 15:43

Hi -

I'd say try it. Here is my story. I have a son who a few years ago said he wanted to play clarinet (he was 10). I play in a community band on a decent wood clarinet, but my old bundy (I got it used in the early 1970's) was sitting around in my parents house. It did not play at all. I figured I'd have little to lose by trying to repad it myself and a lot to gain. Over a summer I replaced every single pad, a few at a time. After the last pad was replaced I confess to being pretty suprised that it played -- and it played pretty well at that (I certainly did not want to give my son an instrument that would discourage him because of mechanical issues... ) After a year, we brought it to a repair person for some adjustments (a spring... and he redid a few of the pads)... Now my son's moved on to saxophone ('way cooler mom'), but I've got a decent spare instrument which is not a bad thing too. I also would not panic any more if a pad needs replacement. I'm lucky to have found a great repair person... but it nice to be able to do some of this stuff myself as well...even if just to hold me over until I can get the job done right... good luck

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