Pad Work, Pad Height, Pad Thickness, Pad Seating, Key Alignment and Proper Setups
This gallery is in response to my understanding of pad work, pad height, pad seating, and key work alignment being questioned recently by Steve Goodson in a forum on line. The forum is specific to Buescher Saxophones, and the thread in question regarded the proper pad thickness to be used on Buescher saxophones in particular. The traditional consensus is that only .185" pads should be used in Bueschers if you want a perfect set up; A technique wildly debated by techs everywhere, and can be charitably described as arcane. But since it was made clear in that thread that .160" pads were being used in Buescher saxophones by even those with the loudest opinions on the matter, I consider the point moot.
The first dozen photos in this slide show are all Bueschers, some with original Snaps, some without. I included sixteen more photos, collected from my nine year career doing woodwind repair here in Seattle, just because they look pretty damn good too.
This gallery is in response to my understanding of pad work, pad height, pad seating, and key work alignment being questioned recently by Steve Goodson in a forum on line. The forum is specific to Buescher Saxophones, and the thread in question regarded the proper pad thickness to be used on Buescher saxophones in particular. The traditional consensus is that only .185" pads should be used in Bueschers if you want a perfect set up; A technique wildly debated by techs everywhere, and can be charitably described as arcane. But since it was made clear in that thread that .160" pads were being used in Buescher saxophones by even those with the loudest opinions on the matter, I consider the point moot.
The first dozen photos in this slide show are all Bueschers, some with original Snaps, some without. I included sixteen more photos, collected from my nine year career doing woodwind repair here in Seattle, just because they look pretty damn good too.