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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-01-28 03:22
I don't know why they changed to these pads as leather pads worked fine - I've worked on older ones that still have their original leather pads and they were neither porous nor needed replacing.
B&H 1010s traditionally used Gordon Beeson pads (they have G.B. or Gordon Beeson Pad printed on the face of the pad) and from the late '60s or early '70s onwards they were glued into the pad cups with Evo-Stik which is the same adhesive used to glue the key and tenon corks on with. All very well unless you had to have a pad reseated as Evo-Stik isn't heat activated like shellac which is the best kind of adhesive for pads as they can be shifted around while the shellac is still warm and it sets hard like toffee once cooled down but can then be heated up again and again as need be to do any further adjustments. With pads glued in with Evo-Stik, they can't be adjusted several years down the line if they need to be.
The problem with Gordon Beeson pads and older leather pads in general is they become porous with age and being subjected to getting wet and then drying out which also causes the leather to harden, so they won't last for decades. Modern leather pads often have a plastic coating to the leather which makes them both air and water tight, so they will last a long time and are much easier to clean. They can become sticky when humidity levels rise which is the downside to them.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Jeroen |
2015-01-27 15:22 |
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2015-01-27 16:30 |
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2015-01-27 19:51 |
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2015-01-28 17:03 |
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2015-01-27 19:52 |
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cigleris |
2015-01-27 23:15 |
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Re: Alternative pads on B&H 1010 new |
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Chris P |
2015-01-28 03:22 |
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