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Re: Clarinet kangaroo pads

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-08-22 10:13

OK I like them on the Yamaha's. Leather pads. The sound is a shade darker. But I changed them to cork on the upper register. I didn't like the feel of them being a shade soft. They sealed just fine. However the cork pads seem to pop off the keys better, you don't feel that sponge effect when pressing down on the keys. Yes I'm being really picky here. I actually like the the sound quality of of cork pads just a shade better. I don't want to go too dark on horns. Soft pad will darken your sound, thus the reason why some sax pads have plastic and metal resonators built into the pads. So I still like cork pads. A real pain to set them and to seal them, but they will last for years and years. You may like the sound better too. A shade crisper, surely not brighter. Now we are getting into those silly words such as the ring, ping, dark and dead, which I want to avoid, because these words are so hard to describe. Therefore they are just meaningless words. You have to actually hear and feel the 2 different setups in a really nice room or hall.

We are splitting hairs here. I did not change the lower joint. I've played with cork pads all of my life so I might be just a tad bit favoring the cork feel and the sound.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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