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Author: Rene
Date: 2001-05-31 12:31
How to clean sticky leather pads? It is the one for F/C, which does not lift immedieately sometimes, but keeps sticking at the tone hole. Remember, I am talking about a leather pad. I tried already warm water with soap.
Thanks for useful hints.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-05-31 14:19
When working on student horns, to clean up the "peanut butter and jelly'' if drawing a clean, dry cloth [handkerchief] between the pad and its seat doesnt help, I dampen it and may have to leave it pressed in there for a short time to soften the goop. In worse cases, remove all keys and rods/screws, use warm water and brush, dry carefully, replace most [or all] pads, reassemble with key oiling, and discuss with cl'ist! I wish you luck! Comments, J B, Ron B, Dee et al ?? Don
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-05-31 16:27
A not too grungy dollar bill is the standard emergency cleaning device. Slide it between the pad and the rim, press down firmly but not hard and slide it out.
Ken Shaw
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Author: connie
Date: 2001-05-31 19:03
What also works, for a relatively small cash outlay, is something called "powder paper". This worked better than the dollar-bill trick on my sax pad. The guy who showed it to me just put the paper in and pressed the pad closed for a minute, and I haven't had any trouble at all in the past 2 weeks. (The dollar-bill thing would last about 5 minutes, don't ask me why.)
connie
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Author: Meri
Date: 2001-05-31 21:29
If you don't have the time to take it in to be checked out, (like when the problem begins and you have a concert the next day), use squares of paper a bit bigger than each of the pads, with a tiny amount of talcum powder, leaving them on for several hours.
If the sticking pad is one that is normally above the tone hole, you will have to find some way to hold that key down.
But do take it in, it oculd be a sign that your pads are deteriorating.
Meri
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-06-01 06:38
I first use ordinary paper wetted with a cleaner, say lighter fluid, to remove oil/wax deposits. The soapy water treatment may do the same thing. If there is still a problem I have traditionally dragged (under the pad) ordinary paper with talcum powder rubbed into it. After rubbing the powder in I shake off all excess because any talcum powder is very bad, in my experience, for the mechanism, promoting corrosion. Also, a visible thickness of talcum powder will do no more good, but may well itself turn to gunge.
However now I use Yamaha Powder Papers instead of my own. Yamaha has used an excellent soft, strong (in one direction) paper, much better than ordinary paper in that it is still strong but can easily distort into those pad grooves where all the sticky action takes place. I don't know what their powder is. It could be talc (which incidentally is slightly abrasive) or teflon powder, or something else.
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Author: Jack Harrell
Date: 2001-06-01 17:12
Have a Repair Guy Clean the tone hole and put a cork Pad in the cup that should do it. Jack
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Author: Eric Satterlee
Date: 2001-06-05 19:57
There is a product called "Woodwind All" which really works... spray the pads, you can do this while the keys are on the instrument if you want as this product does not leave a residue on the body... and then tear an old tee shirt into strips and pull them gently under the pad...it costs about $5 a can, it is areosol and well worth the price...
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-06-06 08:01
It is possibly 3M Comany's 'Scotchguard' leather & fabric protector or similar. 3M assures me it may well waterproof tone hole bores too, and will do no harm. They suggested using the fabric version rather than the leather one, which contains an oil which maybe what we don't want when it comnes to sticky pads.
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