The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: What are these dark pads?

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2019-09-16 09:38

>> these Master Pads are not soft but just soft to me. <<

>> So I prefer the harder Green Pad line and the cost is a bit more <<

Can you clarify? Assuming by Green you mean Greenback... that's the other way around. The Masters are the more expensive pads. Greenbacks are the simpler made less expensive pads. According to J.L. Smith the Greenback pads are softer.

>> These are weird looking. I see what appears to be deep pores in these.....not a characteristic of the Valentinos (any of them!) that I know. The seat can get really deep on the standard Valentinos but that takes some time (year or more) to develop. <<

The black colour and hard light can make the pad surface seem that way. No real way to tell from a single photo if that is a problem.

Re the deep seat, see my previous post. Valentino pads (both Greenback and Masters) can get a deep seat if the pad itself is heated to a certain degree during installation. Much deeper than just pressing the pad against the tone hole a little bit. This will also slightly "move" the very edge of the pad, which sort of looks like the case in this photo where it slightly tapers in. This is usually not the shape of new Valentino pads.

Of course it might not be a Valentino pad, but if it is, it's much more likely to be a Greenback since they are available in black colour.

Post Edited (2019-09-16 09:39)

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

What are these dark pads? new

Bill

2019-09-14 23:40