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Bass clarinet pad options

Author: _david_
Date: 2019-11-02 08:10

I've picked my bass clarinet back up after not playing it for far too long, a ~10 year old buffet 1193. One thing I've noticed is that the 3rd finger C/G pad feels very mushy, like there's a solid 16th of an inch of key travel between when you first feel it contact and when it feels fully seated. It's not causing any obvious playing problems... but I just *really* don't like how it feels. Maybe it's petty and I'll get over it.

The pad on the main register tube (the lower one on the body not the neck) also feels pretty sticky, even after cleaning with cigarette paper. Not a huge delay but there is a pretty noticeable noise when it opens and it makes the key feel a bit sticky.

What would be the best pads to replace these with? I tend to like cork pads on my Bb, and I assume cork would be okay for the register tube pad, but the C/G pad is pretty darn big, 24 or 25 mm.

On a side note, the keywork feels more rattly than I remember, and there is a fair bit of play in some of the linkages. Is it common for basses to go out of adjustment simply being stored or was it probably always like that and I just don't remember?

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