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Re: Selmer 9 Pad Cup Sizes

Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-06-16 02:24

Buffet may use pads that are 3mm in height, but the felt disc or step is considerably thinner than others and using stepped pads with regular thickness felt will cause them not to seat at the fronts. The angle of the pad cups can be altered to bring the fronts down to allow thicker pads to be used, but that's not always possible. That's why I prefer cork and leather pads.

I have been using Pisoni Pro CLS pads which resemble stepped pads and have a hard plastic shell with the synthetic disc set into them. The smaller diameter ones from 12.5mm or less have a parallel-sided step which is on the thick side for Buffets, but I sand it down to bevel it like the larger diameter pads (15.5mm upwards) so they sit deeper into the pad cups and can be moved around easier when seating them. The inside edge of the pad cups can always be bevelled to give even more room for manoeuvre.

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

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