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Re: Most air-tight bass clarinet pads

Author: Chris P
Date: 2019-03-17 01:20

You can get the large diameter cork pads from Pisoni or similar, but they're far more costly per pad due to obtaining them from high quality cork and with as few imperfections as is humanly possible given their size.

Selmer (Paris) basses with the trill and side keys mounted on long axles will be more reliable than the long lever ones (especially the Bb trill key) on basses. Leblanc basses may be alright as the trill keys are individually mounted on their own separate rod screws and provided there's no wear in the key barrels, they should operate reliably.

White leather pads are used on Buffet and Yamaha basses as standard and usually have a waterproof and airtight surface layer which is better than untreated leather which can be just as airtight as a sieve.

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

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