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Re: Bass Clarinet Overhaul — Pad advice

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2015-11-10 21:57

I can't help with a name of the pad but the guy I use in MD did mine with a leather pad that he hand rubber down each individual pad with some type of oil but again, not sure what. I had my bass overhauled about 12 years ago and though I'm retired now I played it in the Baltimore Symphony for ten years after the overhaul. I never had to have a single pad replace to this day, and I played it very often in the orchestra for those last ten year. In any case, my advise is to have the work done by an experienced tech with bass clarinet experience and make sure you play it before you leave the shop. I've seen too many case of even the top repair techs missing something when working on bass clarinets if they don't actually play the instrument themselves to play before finishing the job. Not to mention that everyone has their own touch and feel preferences for the action on the keys. So you want it the way you like it not the way a tech thinks it should be. That's why I never advise "sending it out" unless you can pick it up and try it before leaving.

ESP eddiesclarinet.com

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