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Re: Pad seating on G#/A key!

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2010-10-27 21:09

When seating most new clarinet pads, but particularly those with short arms like the A and Ab it is best to always make the front of the pad (opposite the hinge point) a tad heavier than the back. This means that as the pad settles in slightly over the first few weeks of playing it will actually end up evenly balanced around the tonehole rim.
This is caused by the angular motion of the pad which means the front beds in rather more than the back.
The exact amount of difference varies with pad material/hardness e.g. cork should be almost exactly even on day 1.
Only experience will get it perfect first time but thats true of most things.

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