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Author: Filipe
Date: 2001-09-15 23:22
i heard that sherman friedland said that putting cork pads in the to joint is a good idea, but i heard some people say that they don't work well, which one is it???? Oh, yeah, I remembered to ask you something else, my top, trill key pad looks "flat"(pressed down) . is that a problem???? i dont have a teacher(i'm getting one soon) should i change my top joint pads to cork pads????? thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Email me at fil246@yahoo.com (thanks again!!!)
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-09-15 23:31
Francois Kloc of Buffet repadded the top joint of my kid's Buffet Festival 4 or 5 years ago and there's been no trouble with the pads at all. Your tech has to know what they're doing, that's all.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2001-09-16 01:46
My humble suggestion, Filipe; if it's working okay, leave it alone. When you need to get new pads or just have one replaced you can try cork. You might want to consider also that cork pads cannot have any 'flaws' and are therefore pretty expensive.
Mark is correct, too, that your tech has to know how to do them - cork has to seat 'right on' or you got big troubles.
- ron b -
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-09-16 10:16
There are huge numbers of professional players without cork pads and very happy with the performance of their clarinet. Cork is a definite improvement for throat Bb but that is only because it enables appropriate shaping of the pad.
On some clarinets cork is indeed ill-advised, or when the cups are small and tone holes large, impossible to use. Perspective is needed here. There are down-sides to most things; one downside for cork pads is that they are noisy when they close quickly. Another, as mentioned, is that many other things, including tone hole edges, pivots, key cup alignment, etc, must be to much more accurate tolerances. 'Bladder' pads are much more accommodating to any poor standards of design/manufacture/servicing, which, for many clarinets, is the norm.
Better to lose sleep over something else.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-09-16 10:19
Nothing wrong with a pad that is '"flat"(pressed down) ', whateve that means, as long as it is secure in its cup, seals correctly, opens sufficiently, and enables the 'touch-piece' of the key to be in an appropriate location.
It is far more likely that there are problems with pads which don't vent or seal well because they are too thick.
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