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Samil
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I have a wooden clarinet that has a couple worn out pads. My uncle, a musician, told me that if I put some oil (the type you put on door hinges), that will make the pads swell and cover the holes more. Right now when I play I can hear some air coming through the holes. Is this something I should do or does anyone know anyway I can fix this without paying almost $200 to get it the pads replaced?
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Hump
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Don't do that. If it's just a couple pads, then it won't cost much at all. $200 would be a full repad. I replace individual pads for my students all the time, but I re-seat pads that aren't sealing well about 3 times that often. I don't recommend re-seating the pads on your horn yourself, because it involves a small torch, but a repair place should be able to fix your couple of pads for cheap. Just make sure they only fix the problem areas. Sometimes they will suggest re-padding the whole horn even though it doesn't need it... kinda like car repairmen do. Good luck!
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Samil
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Ok...I went to Meyer's Music here in West Michigan and they gave me an estimate of $177 for repadding, but really it's only a couple of pads on the lower joint...I'll check out more repair places.
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NotYourOnlyStar
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I had a few pads redone on
my clarinet last yearand it
only cost me around $30. Just
shop around and see who
can give you the best
price instrument. But i
definatly wouldn't use the oil
because who knows what that could
do to your clarinet?
-ash
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NoteworthyPlayer
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That seems like a dangerous idea...even if it worked, you should probably have it done by a professional repair tech. I doubt they would suggest this method, however.
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