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Re: Selmer 9 Pad Cup Sizes

Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-06-09 21:08

3mm thick is best for Selmers and most clarinets. At least with cork pads I can make them any thickness (and diameter) I want to suit any given clarinet.

What type of pads have you got in mind? If using skin pads or any other shouldered pads, then go by the outside diameter of the pad cups and depending on how thick the metal is, you may have to deduct 0.5mm if they're particularly thick.

Cork, leather and synthetic pads with parallel sides are much easier to measure as they'll be the same or slightly less than the inside diameter of the empty pad cups.

I haven't kept any records as I often have to resize existing cork pads to suit any given pad cup.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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