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Re: Leather Pad Review & Stepped Tone Hole Mystery

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-12-20 22:14

2.5-3mm thick bassoon/contrabassoon pads are ideal for Buffet, Malerne, Leblanc and Yamaha basses. Selmer basses use (4mm thick) sax pads for the largest pads and regular thickness leather clarinet/bassoon pads elsewhere.

Although it's always a good idea to check the set* before ordering pads if the toneholes have been recut as they will require thicker pads. I found that out the hard way on an old Leblanc bass where all the toneholes on the lower joint were recut and required sax pads as bassoon pads were far too thin. Also whoever recut all the toneholes had gone too far as they broke through to the bore above and below the toneholes which was only made apparent using a leak light.

* The set being the point where the distance between the lower edge of the pad cup and tonehole crown is parallel, so the pad is showing equal amount of sidewall all the way round instead of sitting unevenly in the pad cup.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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