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Re: Prestini

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2020-07-20 03:33

Ruben, I don't believe that anyone but the "golden ears" people (those who claim, for example, to be able to audibly differentiate between thinner and thicker loudspeaker wires in their stereo systems, or believe that key plating material on clarinets affects the sound) could 'perceive' a difference in sound between pad materials. And I personally believe those people are just fooling themselves.

The impact sound of a pad closing, however, is verifiably audible and this may be the "cork pad" effect Tony F has noted.

It would take a whole bunch of double-blind tests to prove or disprove my assertion. To do that properly, for each trial you'd have to take the SAME clarinet/mouthpiece/reed/player combination, play a bunch of music in front of a large audience behind a screen, IMMEDIATELY change all the pads to those of a different material, and repeat the test. Many repetitions, with the pad materials changed in a randomized order. Of course every pad would have to seal perfectly every time, and open to the same height to exactly duplicate the venting of each note (very important!). Clearly such a test will never happen.

So, players will believe what they want to believe, and nobody can really say they're wrong or right.

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