Author: TomS
Date: 2017-09-03 18:42
If the acoustics are the same, I'd vote for the one with silver plated keys ... silver seems to last longer, for me. It also seems to have more surface friction and therefore a better finger grip in the keys ...
As far as pads, if your have a plastic/hard rubber/greenline clarinet with clean and even tone holes, cork pads (especially is the surface is polished) can add a center, vibrancy and projection to your sound. Only the top joint should be cork padded, with double or triple bladder elsewhere. In addition, cork pads last a very long time, and can have the edges tapered to free up fuzzy notes and/or adjust the pitch.
I think we have gone dark clarinet timbre crazy ... I sit next to some players that have "gone to the dark side" with a dead, fuzzy sound that just sits like a lump, going nowhere ... and I guess people have told them they sound great (up close) ... but a sound that dies by the time it gets to the edge of the stage ...
So, you always have the option of re-padding your clarinet later, and select the material that suits your sound ...
Tom
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