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Re: The AWESOME Omni Pad !!!

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2010-06-05 16:52

Let me clarify my "reflectivity" theory. I have had experience with clarinets all done in gortex and Straubinger. These clarinets tend to definitely sound brighter. I firmly believe, very much like treatment in an acoustic room, the material (whether a shape difference or material differece) DOES impact the sound separate from the aspect of seal.

I alluded to the dullness of Valentinos. I believe (at least my experience with them has shown) that either the deepness of the seat or the sponginess of the material seems to dampen the sound particularly with respect to the crispness of note to note action of the sidekeys but also with respect to the overall sound (I am VERY picky, and have heretofore preferred the sound of an all corked horn....except the bottom four of course).

Then there is the oddity of the Lucien Deuxe pads of my Yamaha CSG. Either the pastic buttons themselves on each pad provide a clearer sound or the fact that the buttons keep the pads flat. Either way, these pads also sound closest to cork (my favorite.........until now?).

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

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