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Re: Most air-tight bass clarinet pads

Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2019-03-17 04:13

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clarnibass said:
Some pads, like the Music Center Premium Deluxe leather pads have a plastic layer between the skin and felt to help against that. I think the Music Medic clarinet roo pads have a layer of bladder. I haven't tried the Music Medic clarinet roo pads, only the saxophone ones.

I wasn't that fond of the clarinet roopads until recently when:
(from the MM website) "For air and water tightness, we wrap the pad in a layer of bladder skin much like our standard clarinet pads."

This made a large difference and I have put them on my personal bass clarinet as well as at least a half dozen other clarinets since. I use them regularly on saxophones as well, and all my personal saxophones have roopads now except my baritone (still on original pads!). My primary tenor is now 11 years on white roopads (from Curt's early days of providing these).

Since we're about pads, has anyone tried the Valentino Master's pads on the bass upper joint. I really like these on soprano clarinet upper joints (except the register where I still use cork), but have found them problematic in the larger sizes and still use leather.

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