Hi folks,
I got an older clarinet fresh "overhauled" by the former owner. It was cleaned well and oiled in a very professional manner. He exchanged the pads too, but there's a problem now.-(
The pipe is not sealed well (not playable in this condition), and I found some new pads sitting very deep in the cup. It seems, the clarinet was equipped with fish skin pads before, and now it's leather. I assume, the difference in height was not referenced to. The (white) leather pads were glued in with red (!) sealing wax.
But some keys can't be closed with this pad-position. There's a gap of appr. 1mm. Justage is not possible so much, therefore I thought about lifting the pads a little bit in theirs cup.
Now the question: What kind of underlay/support would you prefer? Is cork applicable or better to use folded paper or what else?
kindly
Roman
PS: I would give the horn to the specialist, but 90,-Euros (plus package/mail!) for only some necessary pad adjustment is a lot of fee ;-/
I got an older clarinet fresh "overhauled" by the former owner. It was cleaned well and oiled in a very professional manner. He exchanged the pads too, but there's a problem now.-(
The pipe is not sealed well (not playable in this condition), and I found some new pads sitting very deep in the cup. It seems, the clarinet was equipped with fish skin pads before, and now it's leather. I assume, the difference in height was not referenced to. The (white) leather pads were glued in with red (!) sealing wax.
But some keys can't be closed with this pad-position. There's a gap of appr. 1mm. Justage is not possible so much, therefore I thought about lifting the pads a little bit in theirs cup.
Now the question: What kind of underlay/support would you prefer? Is cork applicable or better to use folded paper or what else?
kindly
Roman
PS: I would give the horn to the specialist, but 90,-Euros (plus package/mail!) for only some necessary pad adjustment is a lot of fee ;-/