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Do perfectly parrallel closing pads pop?

Author: spikey1973
Date: 2023-06-19 19:34

Oke this might be a silly question and the reason for asking is more theoretical then practical, as it will be an unlikely goal for me to actually reach, never the less the question poped in my mind.

Anyway this question is also specifically aimed at those of you who work on clarinets professionally or at least very frequently.

I have been looking and reading on replacing pads.

And ofcourse the topic of perfect pad close is a common topic. But this got me to wonder, when you create the "perfect" pad closure.

And what I mean with this is the following. When the pad touches the tone hole's edge's circumference perfectly parrallel all over the pad even before the entirety of spring pressure is on the pad. Is that an actual aim / wanted?
I ask as I heard some one commenting on a pop sound upon closure / opening and he was speaking about it like that, that was the ultimate goal to reach.

But this made me wonder, is that true though.. 'cause if there is indeed a (small) "pop", that seems rather undesirable to me. In which case, would the true aim be to get it as close as possible to perfect, but just not absolutely perfect, So this theoretical air doesn't get "trapped" on the edge of the tone hole and has an escape route, so no pop..

And yeah I am probably overthinking this, but lets see it as a thought experiment