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Re: Stickey leather pads

Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-05-04 01:26

If the leather pads they've used are made from leather with a shiny plastic waterproof and airtight surface layer, then they'll stick no matter what remedies you try as you still won't be addressing the real issue that's the pads themselves. You might get a few minutes of them not sicking, then they'll only start sticking again once whatever you've done has worn off.

So-called 'fish skin' pads (which is the membrane from cow intestines and never derived from fish, unless you factor in several million years of evolution) aren't always the best pads to use as they're far more fragile than decent quality leather pads.

Better quality leather pads that are treated to be both airtight and waterproof have an even matt finish to them rather than a shiny finish. The worst leather pads I've seen used on clarinets stuck like anything and even the sticky surface layer stuck fast to the toneholes and came away from the leather to leave the pads porous.

My advice is to have them redo it with better quality leather pads that won't stick which will nip the problem in the bud, or use synthetic pads such as Valentino Masters or Pisoni Pro CLS pads.

Some of the suggestions I've read on here are futile. You're wasting your time suggesting trying out remedies which only work short term and whatever you do, DO NOT use talcum powder or any form of powder as that'll only end up getting everywhere and cause far bigger problems.

Get to the root of the problem and have decent pads fitted.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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