Author: Matt74
Date: 2022-05-28 13:52
Fit is more important than price. The issue with skin pads is thickness. If they're too thick they won't fit at all. Overall thickness isn't super important, but felt thickness is. Unfortunately manufacturers don't usually publish this. Music Medic thin pads work on Buffets.
With cork or leather it's not a problem because they fit inside the cup. Also be careful about hardness, especially on student horns, or old horns where the toneholes aren't flat.
IMO the way they sell skin pads makes no sense. They tell you to measure the inside of the cup, but what you need is closer to the outside diameter. They tell you the overall thickness, but what you want to know is the the felt thickness. Also, the pad cup depth has nothing to do with the required thickness - a key that needs a thin pad might have a deep cup. It makes it very hard to fit properly without having a ton on hand.
- Matthew Simington
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