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Re: What pads will I need for a Noblet 40 plateau clarinet?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-10-25 11:00

For best venting and airtightness as well as a positive feel, use cork or high density synthetic pads in all the fingerplates and keys except the largest four where you can use leather or synthetic pads.

Make sure the venting is set nice and open as opposed to using thick pads or crappy skin pads that are often too thick and compromise the venting as that will make the lower register dead and stuffy.

Better to having too much venting than too little and this is especially true with all clarinets with covered action. Set the RH main action to 3mm and the rest will follow suit.

If in doubt, have an oboe specialist overhaul it using cork pads rather than a general woodwind repairer who has no experience with oboes or covered hole clarinets for that matter and slaps in a load of ill-fitting skin pads everywhere. Also specify the ventings that will make it sing rather than wheeze.

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

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