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Strange, Uneven seating of pad

Author: dibble
Date: 2020-07-01 00:53

Hi! Has anyone ever had a problem with a pad seating at say 12 o’clock AND 6 o’clock, but not at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock? I’m trying to seat a couple of pads on my bass clarinet and both have this problem. Usually, if a pad isn’t sealing on a side, the opposite side can be pushed down (floated with heat) until both sides are seating evenly. However, how does one do this with the above problem?

You see, if I push on 12 o’clock, for example, it will do nothing for the the unseated sides 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock. Pushing on 6 o’clock....same story.
If I push on 3 o’clock, it may seat 9 o’clock but then 3 o’clock will leak even more. The opposite is true too.

I suppose I could clamp the key to get all sides to seal eventually but I wanted to know what the repair people out there think.

Thank you in advance!

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