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Re: Padding Woes

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2010-07-15 20:01

Take all of the keys off and plug up the open holes with something like "Play-Doh." the stuff kids use, feels like clay. I aactually don't use this, I have tapered corks, ground down from wine bottles.

Once you get the holes sealed with the play doh start adding a key at a time and work at getting a perfect seal. It only takes 1 key to mess up a horn. Also remember some pads are defective. You have get a perfect seal but the key still leaks. I've been known to change pads on one key 2 or 3 times before it finally seals correctly. You should get about a 5 second seal on each key.

This training came from years of watching the late and great Hans Moennig, a repairman from Philadelphia.

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