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To repad, or not to repad...

Author: bethmhil
Date: 2012-09-16 23:54

Hello! So, some of you might remember my complaints about my R13 A clarinet being alarmingly resistant from last summer... I never did anything about it and just learned to deal with it. But recently, I played on a friend's A clarinet, and the difference in terms of resistance was ridiculous.

So, I took the horn to my repair tech. The pads are not synthetics or corks, but are fishskin pads... apparently, a very porous pad...? He seems to think that could be causing all the resistance that I feel in my horn, since air is probably leaking from the faulty pads. He then told me that the horn probably needs a complete repad... a repair job estimated at about $200 for masters synthetics.

I know it is difficult for you to judge what is really wrong with the horn without looking at it or hearing it, but could this (hopefully) be what is causing all the problems with resistance? After some helpful responses in July, I found no cracks, and different barrels had no effect.

Money is not easy to come by right now. Before sending it in for a repad, I want to be 100% sure that the repad will "fix" the horn. I would kick myself if I send it in, pay for the repad, and it come back playing exactly the same as before.

BMH
Illinois State University, BME and BM Performance

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