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Author: 2cekce ★2017
Date: 2011-01-17 02:02
Will temp changes like going from inside the house at 70 degrees to the car in the garage at about 45 degrees to getting to band rehearsal at the church which was reading 66 degrees on my acurite gage humidity level being at 41% cause the leather pads to stick. my clarinet came new with white leather pads and so far only the pads for clarion C the pad connected to the lower joint ring keys stick. so not really sure if its the pads or if theres not enough spring tension to lift the keys back up when released.
being the clarinet is pretty new I wouldnt think it would be a problem with keys too tight or pads sticking. btw I dont eat before I play and if I do I rinse with water before I play, so food would not be a factor. I have searched the forum for the answer but to no avail and If by chance I overlooked it, my apologies. Oh and what should the humidity level to avoid cracking and swelling of the wood?
Post Edited (2011-01-17 02:06)
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Author: 2cekce ★2017
Date: 2011-01-17 02:16
someone told me to check the cork on the bridge since that usually when it happens and sure enough thats one the problems not sure how to correct that. any suggestions? I ve continued to use paper on the clarion c pad it has helped.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2011-01-17 02:38
I don't use leather pads, so I can't advise you about the pads sticking. Maybe have your repairman replace it with a cork pad. Living in Georgia, at least that's your email addy says, has a pretty high humidity level.
My sax keys are all leather and they do stick sometimes, but hardly ever.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-01-17 10:19
Humidity changes are more likely to cause leather pads to stick - especially the plastic coated ones. I noticed this on a Yamaha alto clarinet I bought which had been repadded with brown leather pads that are all waterproof treated leather with the plastic surface membrane.
They're fine when I'm not playing, but not long after I start playing they begin to stick - it got so bad with the speaker vents and LH1 fingerplate sticking closed that I replaced both speaker vents, left thumb, G vent and LH1 pads with cork pads and will probably end up replacing the majority of the main action with cork pads.
I took the lower joint apart to replace all the key corks/felts the other day and the F#/C# pad had shed bits of the plastic membrane that stuck to the tonehole bedplace. This isn't the first time I've seen this thing with these sort of pads.
Also my Yamaha 875EX alto sax which I bought new back in 2003 which has the shiny plastic coated leather pads - if the humidity levels are high, the LH1 pad will stick, so I've had to increase the spring tension to counteract this. I've got a set of Saxgourmet pads on standby so I'll be repadding it with these at some point.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2011-01-17 10:21)
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2011-01-17 13:45
I've been using Ferree's tan leather pads (untreated/uncoated) on just about every size of clarinet and sax for about the past 15 years and have not had any sticking issues. Some keys (those which are held closed by spring pressure only) are particularly prone to sticking -- the register vents on alto/bass/contra clarinets and the G# on saxophones (with the exception of certain saxes that have a 'positive opening' mechanism for that key).
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