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Re: Bladder or leather pads for vintage clarinets?

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2020-02-21 09:43

>> What are others opinions on using leather pads for instruments designed for bladder pads ... clarinets presumably tuned and voiced for bladder pads? <<

It's a non-issue. Part of the evidence is how manufacturers use different pads with no change to design. Setup sometimes needs to be a little different (e.g. venting), but just as often as not, not from the manufacturer (or not in a good way necessarily).

>> They seat better on old tone holes, etc. <<

Do you mean tone holes with chipped, or not flat? Tone holes (no matter how old) can be made as good as or better than new.

The only reason to use softer pads (regardless of material) to compensate for non-flat tone holes is cost (or I guess lacking the ability to repair it can be the reason for some repairers too).

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