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Author: kfunk01
Date: 2007-04-20 21:00
Okay So I know a so called Pad Worm exsists and I have seen it only on clarinets but what kind of worm is that??? and where does it come from. I am having a discussion about them with a friend and we don't know any of this and it is nearly impossible to research on the internet... Thanks for any info!
Krystal
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Author: CEC
Date: 2007-04-20 21:24
Hi Krystal,
They are Carpet Beetle larvae. Lots of info on the web. Do a little Googling.
Chris
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-04-20 21:31
Chris, how can you...
I was about to tell that these buggers creep through the bore (and hide in tone holes during blowing) into the mouth of the player and from then on into the brain where they provoke that click urge in certain auction sites. And I was about to say that it was some sort of conspiracy.
<sigh>
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Ben
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Author: CEC
Date: 2007-04-20 21:34
Ben, Ben, Ben...
How can we take over the world if you give away all our secrets?
Chris (Pad Worm Operative 001)
Post Edited (2007-04-20 21:35)
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-04-20 21:40
> How can we take over the world if you give away all our secrets?
Tell the truth and no one will believe you. Tell a myth and everyone will. Old marketing trick. (cf "paperless office" or "hand-picked" etc)
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Ben
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Author: pewd
Date: 2007-04-21 00:55
tell the truth ben...
they crawl into your brain, and cause you to develop a love for the alto clarinet - purchased , of course, from the auction site
-paul
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Wes
Date: 2007-04-21 01:51
It is the larva of a small moth that somehow detects the wool within a pad and finds it to lay eggs. Sometimes much of the inside of a pad will be eaten away with the skin remaining. I've even seen them living in a pad. It is also seen on flute pads but I've never seen it on saxophone pads. Mostly they are found on instruments that have been unused for a while.
After it eats the pads, then it goes for the brain!!
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Author: Michelle
Date: 2007-04-21 04:09
TRUE STORY:
I bought a Selmer Alto Clarinet off the Auction Site Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned (hereafter referred to as ASWNSNBM) that was described as great condition, needs a little polishing and it will shine and play great. Maybe replace a pad or two and you're set.
When I received it, it not only had 2 large, very poorly repaired cracks (looked like super glue to me) and pad worms. There were large holes and sections of missing pads, with each pad covered with small "dots" that almost looked like flour.
They apologized and wondered if the damage (i.e. huge cracks) had possibly occurred in shipping? DUH. And the postman dripped super glue on the box, which dripped perfectly through the shipping materials and into the case, directly on the cracks?
I sent it back... and have not bought an Alto Clarinet from ASWNSNBM (or anywhere else) since.
This thought ties in both the pad worms post and the alto clarinet post above. woo hoo, double doozy!
Michelle
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Author: kuteclar
Date: 2007-04-22 03:13
I was practically unaware of this condition - you have all now terrified me away from older instruments! It would be just my luck. I am glad for the info, though!
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Author: Bruno
Date: 2007-04-22 18:49
H.L. Mencken said, "The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."
-Bruno/
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2007-04-22 20:35
Kuteclar,
I don't think you should avoid older clarinets because of what you have read above. Just be aware that a new case is probably required and you may have repairs to make.
HRL
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