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Re: Skin pads from JLSmith vs. Votaw vs. Ferrees ?

Author: Matt74
Date: 2022-05-29 03:04

If they're made for Buffet it's worth a try. The added flexibility from a larger pad diameter might help a little (step vs. no step), but that's not the key issue. The key is getting pads that are the right thickness, and then floating them into place correctly, so that they press evenly all around.

The ridge of the tone holes are well within the pad cups (unless the pad cups are WAY out of alignment). Only a very small part of the edge of the tone hole makes contact with the pads. Think of the tone holes more like knife edges than surfaces. Metal instruments actually have thicker tone hole edges than good wooden ones, because the metal has thickness, while good wood tone holes are cut at a sharp (but obtuse) angle. So your leaks are going to be minute little hairline cracks where the pad doesn't contact the very edge.

- Matthew Simington

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