Let the key cool and repeat the steps for the rest of the keys on the instrument. Re-install the clarinet keys and adjustment. The tools needed to reassemble the clarinet include a micro torch, pad slick or aluminum foil, pad leveling tool, and fire safety equipment.
When re-installing each key, use a feeler gauger and check each pad to make sure it is leveled perfectly on the tone hole. If you need to adjust the new clarinet pad, apply heat to the pad cup using a micro torch. Protect the body of the clarinet from heat by using a pad slick or aluminum foil to cover the body around the area you are applying heat.
Soften the clarinet pad adhesive by heating the pad cup and make any adjustments that you may need. Afterwards, allow the cup to cool again and check the pad with the feel gauge. You can repeat this process for each clarinet pad.
Now you have the tools and knowledge to replace your own clarinet pads! If you are uncomfortable taking your clarinet apart, or working with new pads and heat, you can always schedule an appointment with a repair technician. You must be logged in to post a comment. Log in Remember me. Lost your password? Kristine Dizon. Guide on Choosing a Ligature for Clarinet.
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Also any rebuild would change feel and sound of instrument, for better or worse. And yes Leblanc which one? Reply To Message Re: Do cork pads change the clarinet tone Author: BflatNH Date: You won't run into this if you have a good tech do it, but to get a 'feel' of the workings of a clarinet adjustments, I re-padded a clarinet cork top joint only an apparently the economy cork was 'grainy' enough not to seal well for some keys.
I found that a cork register key lets me taper it slightly to help reduce the lower register subtone on some register jumps up. Reply To Message Re: Do cork pads change the clarinet tone Author: Chris P Date: Cork pads aren't ready to use, so they have to be ground down to make a perfectly flat face on them. Use several grades of abrasive with each one getting finer to get a completely flat and smooth face. I use three different grades of pumice block which I flatten out by laying abrasive paper on a surface plate, then they're good to start grinding cork pads on.
I prefer cork pads over the other traditional types ie. Also I find them much easier to seat and regulate compared to softer pads, but cork pads are only good if the tonehole bedplaces they're seating against are also perfect, so take the time to go over all the toneholes and fill all imperfections no matter how minor and level them before seating cork pads onto them, otherwise you'll have leaks.
Several small leaks will add up to one major leak, so everything has to be made perfect. Personally tried them once and will not use anything else, period. I am a professional symphony clarinetist and only have Bill Brannen Evanston Woodwinds repair my circa R13 one owner He is the master craftsman and uses fine cork pads on the upper joint tone holes prone to moisture.
Anyone that tells you cork pads negatively effect the tone - or the feel, which I actually prefer on these several upper joint areas- has a screw loose.
And if so, where does that leave you among those with screws loose? Does cork affect the feel or not? Karl Reply To Message Re: Do cork pads change the clarinet tone Author: Chris P Date: As clarinets have more closed standing keys than open standing keys that are likely to have cork pads in them, then the 'feel' is only with the ring keys and how they're set and the spring tension set up by the repairer.
As for pad noise, cork pads on open standing keys ie. The finger speed and pressure the player exerts will exacerbate the amount of key noise if they hammer their fingers down firmly which they shouldn't need to do as a properly seated cork pad will close with light finger pressure.
If anything, the feel should be improved wit cork pads installed as they have a more positive feel and hardly any give in them - they're either open or closed whereas badly seated pads of other types that are much softer will only fully seat with increased finger pressure which is no good for technique.
Reply To Message Re: Do cork pads change the clarinet tone Author: ruben Date: Oboists have been using cork pads for as long as I can remember, which goes back a long way. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. The oboe sounds more like a goose than the clarinet. Again I prefer the solidity of the fell the cork pads give under the fingers and find them easier to regulate. Not so easy is fitting perforated cork pads in perforated fingerplates with chimneys in them as they're glued firmly into the pad cups as opposed to being floated then have to be ground down until they seal all the way round but still being slightly lighter at the backs than the fronts.
Reply To Message Re: Do cork pads change the clarinet tone Author: Gordon NZ Date: The sound and especially the response, after a good repadding job, is not because of the type of pad used, but rather the workmanship in the installation and adjustment, i. Very few technicians will use cork for the larger pads on clarinet or oboe. That is because cork is unreliably leak-free under light finger pressure for larger pads.
Likewise, in my experience, for synthetic pads for normally-open keys. Post Edited Reply To Message Re: Do cork pads change the clarinet tone Author: Chris P Date: "Very few technicians will use cork for the larger pads on clarinet or oboe. I find larger cork pads much easier to seat compared to 6mm or less ones. I also cork pad soprano saxes from the top 8ve key down to the open C vent so the palm keys and high E and F are cork padded and install cork pads in sax 8ve keys.
Reply To Message Re: Do cork pads change the clarinet tone Author: rtmyth Date: depends significantly on the listener. A spectrum analyzer could show differences. Ears are far more sensitive than electronics. Another reason why cork is less suitable for these two low keys is that it is less forgiving. I use leather pads for these as they're hard wearing as opposed to skin pads that can be torn easily. And after many years leather can be rather hard and nasty.
So to me there is not a lot between them.
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