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Re: Repadding Clarinet

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2019-01-19 09:33

I still have some of those neoprene pads on my clarinet (Eaton) and they seal fine after 15 years.

Doming and/or tapering the back of cork (or other) pads is a very old method that was probably invented by many people... who knows who was the first and doubt anyone still alive or dead today can claim they are. It's a standard method for many decades.

This is all personal preference, but I'm not crazy about the Eaton synthetic pads (or Superpads) because they are a little more quiet and spongy. They feel less snappy than most other pads. Though some players like that.
For the same reason I don't like cork pads, because of their specific snap sound/noise.
I actually like bladder pads the most, but even the best quality ones often don't last as long as other pads (statistically, not always) and I move more and more towards non-animal products.

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