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Author: Bb
Date: 2001-09-15 23:55
i want to change my top joint pads to cork pads, how much will it cost??????
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Author: dennis
Date: 2001-09-16 00:24
Not a stupid q. I had mine done by John Butler Restoration (sneezy sponsor with a posted price list). The difference was about $45. and part of an O/H. Of course, your local repair person may charge less for just a change out.
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-09-16 05:38
Uhhh ... lets go the OPPOSITE direction.
Cork pads are NOT an easy item to install _WELL_. To get them "loaded" right, takes experience, know how, proper floating technique, materials & time.
John prices his Cork Pad Upgrade very fairly. However, the $45 is an UPGRADE. That means the $45 considers the cost of the premium fishskin pads that John _would_ have used.
Best,
mw
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-09-16 08:40
When pads are changed this is the apppropriate time to do a host of other things which are equally important, especially with cork pads which demand clean tone hole edges, precision key bearings, secure posts, correct key cup alignment, etc.
The price will and should depend on how much of this work is done. A 'cheap' repairer offering a cheap price may very likely not do all this work so the pad replacement may well result in a great deal of unreliability.
So I would expect the price to depend on the exact state of your instrument. In the ideal situation this associated work has already been attended to during past recent servicing, in which case the actual cork pad work is reasonably straight-forward and quick.
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Author: donald nicholls
Date: 2001-09-16 10:32
Gordon (previous message) has put on cork pads on 3 clarinets that i've played (each of them for many hours over many years with virtually no problems), so he knows what he's writting about. My personal preference is NOT to have them on keys that sit open, but only the ones that sit closed. This makes it easier to play without "key noise" and also (as the pads attached to rings are going up and down more often and thus get more wear and tear) requires fewer trips to the repair man- a small amount of side play will be a problem with a cork pad, but you'll get away with it for a while longer with standard pads.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-09-16 12:29
I forgot that I did cork pads for you. I get very few requests for them here.
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Author: Peter
Date: 2001-09-17 05:00
Hey Bb: The only "stuped" question is the one you don't ask!
In fact, the only "stuped" thing there was your spelling. I should have been: "Stupid."
Enjoy.
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