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September 10th, 2015

10/9/2015

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                                                    Trying Something New: Graphite
     I often embed G# pads with Teflon powder. I posted about it a couple weeks ago. I stated in that post that the jury was still out on that practice. Here is an alternative. Graphite.
     This is the G# pad to a Super Action 80 Series II that's in my saxophone repair shop in Seattle for a Full Mechanical Overhaul. The second photo compares a treated pad on the left with a plain one on the right. We all know Roo pads stick. Every repair tech worth their salt has seen an unresponsive G# key with a Roo pad in it sticking to the tone hole. So let's see how this works out.
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Don Johnston
7/6/2017 03:03:11 pm

how did using the graphite on the g# pad work out?

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Carlo Cennamo
7/6/2017 03:07:07 pm

I believe it helped. But I haven't see this horn since then, and I have rarely used black roos since then. So results are inconclusive. I would only use this on black pads. But I'm not really using them anymore.
Using teflon powder more often.
Hows that? Mixed results.
I think spraying pads with lacquer might be the way to go, but I've not done it yet.

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Don Johnston
7/6/2017 04:02:59 pm

Thanks for the info

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