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Padding Woes

Author: stebinus2
Date: 2010-07-15 17:23

I've repadded about 20 clarinets now and have become fairly decent at it on plastic horns. This spring did my trusty old Selmer 9* and am very happy with the results. But just tackled an E-11 and not happy. The lower joint is OK but the upper has very poor vacuum. Testing with my feeler gauge all the pads seem tight and balanced all the way around but they are leaking. Without the keys and testing the joint with stoppers in all the holes it is very tight so there's no problem with the inserts. Looked at the tone holes under high magnification and they really don't seem too bad. Yes there are minor grain intrusions here and there but nothing all that significant but I soap water tested the pads and most of them are indeed leaking. I used pressed felt and wondering if I should have used woven or can I expect the ones I used to settle in better with time? I pressed them into the holes with moderate finger pressure to get a slight impression but it's obviously not enough. Is there anything else I can do here short of getting the tone holes redrilled/replaced? The horn sounds pretty good actually but does take more effort to play than I think it should. Any miracle/high tech/whatever ideas will be appreciated.

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