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Re: Padding Woes

Author: stebinus2
Date: 2010-07-16 15:31

Thank you Chris and Clarnibass for the important info. My feeler gauge is .015 and I do try to get an even tug all the way around. I have discovered on inspecting the toneholes at a higher magnification that several have significant imperfections. Although the clarinet does play and sounds good I really think it should blow more freely especially since I am planning to sell it and I don't want an intermediate player to be struggling with it so I think I should try to fill the chips and level the holes out. Still not sure what to do with that thin inner bevel. In the past I have redone some chipped plastic toneholes with super glue and sanding similarly to the brass rod/sandpaper method and also sanding inside the hole edge with sandpaper on things like pencil tips although I have used coarser grades of paper from 320 to 400 or so. They end up sealing very well but the inner bevel is something I am concerned about since most of the plastic horns don't seem to have or require this. Perhaps it is not all that essential on wood either? How do people feel about this? Chris if you or anyone else could tell me more about the tools and process for these operations(pics???)I would be grateful. I realize there are some very expensive tools out there specific to these jobs but not sure I want to make that kind of financial commitment at this time so I would like to hear of any work arounds people have used.

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