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Re: Alternative pads on B&H 1010

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-01-27 19:51

I cork padded my 1010 right down to the Acton vent pad and fitted leather pads in the largest pad cups - and then someone bought it off me before I had a real chance to play it!

And the whole 'fish skin' thing is a complete myth - it's the same intestinal membrane from cows that's used for sausage skin and gut strings, a by-product of the meat industry.

If it was fish skin, then what fish does it come from? The famous unanswered question will go on unanswered as it's a myth.

I had a fairly new Peter Eaton International in recently with the original neoprene covered cork pads and it leaked like a sieve due to the porosity of the neoprene having so many open bubbles in it, so I cork padded it and voila! More responsive, more resonant and completely airtight than it ever was.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2015-01-27 20:59)

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