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Re: Most air-tight bass clarinet pads

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2019-03-18 11:04

>> How do you tell the difference (if you don't remember what your repairman told you when he put them in)? <<

You can't. The roo pads skin does have a slightly different texture than some other leather pads... emphasis on some. Even then I'd have to actually see it (not in a photo) to maybe have a good guess.
Statistically they are very unlikely to be synthetic.

>> For air-tightness, nothing beats a well fitted cork pad. <<

When tested on one tone hole, several leather, bladder and synthetic pads were equal to cork pads when checked with a magnehelic machine. That said, there are some variable when actually playing a key on a clarinet that could make some pads seal better even though they are the same in a test. In some cases cork pads can have an advantage over some types of pads (not all). In other cases it's the opposite.

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