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Bass Clarinet Overhaul — Pad advice

Author: qualitycontrol
Date: 2015-11-09 07:14

Sorry if this is something that's been hashed out on the board already, but I couldn't find any information specific to bass clarinet pads using the search function.

I'm having my 1960's Buffet bass overhauled and am looking for advice on pad choices. My tech hasn't overhauled tonnes of bass clarinets and is hesitant to push me towards one choice, but has basically offered leather pads included in the overhaul (which in both our experiences work fine, more or less), and has suggested that the Kangaroo leather pads offered by MusicMedic work even better, as they're a bit less porous and are installed over a bladder. These do come at a higher price, especially because I am in Canada and our dollar is doing terribly.

Thirdly, he suggested we maybe explore using Valentinos for some of the keys. I've had very good luck with these on my soprano clarinets and he likes them very much, but hasn't really field tested them on bass clarinets.

Is there are a large advantage of the RooPads over regular leather? Does anyone out there have any other suggestions? I'm aware only of Goretex Buffet-style pads, but those seem prohibitively expensive.

I was thinking of padding the upperjoint save the large C cup in Valentinos and the lower joint in leather.

Any comments or suggestions are greatly welcomed, thanks,

Paul

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