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Re: sticking pads

Author: William
Date: 2008-08-26 15:00

Two quick "emergency" fixes are: 1) dollar bill inserted between closed pad and tone hole, then gently pulled out; 2) powder (I've used old board chalk) placed on a piece of paper inserted under the pad and closed.

Neither of these remedies will be permanent, however, as it is almost futile to completely clean all of the gunk off freeing the pad from future sticking. The only good solution is to replace the pad and have the tone hole cleaned. Quick and usually inexpensive--can be done in the repair shoppe or by your band director (they ALL should know how to change a pad) or at home if you know how and have the right size replacement.

bty--a ten dollar bill is no more effective than a dollar bill (and not worth that much anymore :>)

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