Flute Pads Set

Flute Pads Set

Proven the #1 retail woodwind swab for over 25 years, the Original H.W. Pad-Saver® de-moisturizer is the woodwind player’s best friend in instrument maintenance. Designed to be left in the instrument while not being played, these swabs draw and dissipate moisture from the bore, toneholes, and pads, extending the life of the pads and saving cash on popular repairs.

Flute keys have to close incisively on the tone holes to seal them from air leakage and then an precise tone may be produced. The only way this may take place is to insure the key is level and the tone hole is level and the pad has no holes or creases in them.

This is achieved by seating the pads in the right way and then bending the keys and testing them continually until you get the best seal possible. We test the seal in various ways. One of the most mutual ways is to use a strip of cigarette paper. You place it amongst the rim of the tone hole and the pad and then close the key to see if the paper is grabbed or slips out. If it slips out, that means that air may get out of that space and therefore you will lose sound and volume etc. I use a jeweler’s eye loop to thoroughly question the hole more than I use the cigarette paper because I may get a closer look through the exposure and I find it quicker.

Bending the keys to make them level was at firstborn very scary. You are working on a $300.00 and up instrument and you’re taking a pair of flute pliers and bending the key to insure it is setting right over the hole. Yes, you from time to time break the keys right off. At basi this is very unnerving but when you realize that you are suppose to be competent to repair keys that are broken off, then it becomes no big deal. Once you realize that all the pieces of the flute had to be made and soldered together, you may rest assured that you may fix anything. We have recovered flutes that have been stepped on, sat on, jammed in doors etc., etc.

Alright so we took out all dents and bends, which is a science all on it’s own. We made sure the springs are all intact and of the rectify tension. We have checked and substituted and seated all the necessary pads. Finally, we bent and leveled all the keys and their pads over the tone holes so that we get as close to a perfective seal as possible.

Then we clamp the keys shut, to make a deep imprint in the pad, thence making a very air tight seal. We do this by introductory using a little pad iron to iron out any wrinkles from any new pads. Then you soak the pads with alcohol (this is one method). Apply the person key clamps. Then you place the flute in a pad oven for a few hours. Pad ovens vary in size and shape. I use a long narrow leak light, which I put in the flute and then I put it in a wooden box. Some people don’t use an oven.

After that, you’ll get a outstanding seal and the flute will play great. The volume will be outstanding with no hissing or leaks.

After that if you give it regular hand cleaning and have someone a tech give it a once over each 6 months you get the best out of your flute and it will last a long time.

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4 of 4 persons found the following review helpful.
Don’t even think regarding it
By Cadence
It all comes down to mutual sense: if you stick this in your flute after you play, well, it just traps the moisture in there. The moisture eats the pads away, the rough fuzz rubs versus them and damages them even more, and you’ve just ended worse than you started. Flutists and repairmen agree–Stick to the conventional cleaning rod and cloth!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Unhealthy, and very pricey for your instrument
By Heather
I have been playing flute for various years, and instructing flute for 6, and in my professional sentiment and that of other pros I’ve had the pleasure of talking to, these are utterly AWFUL to use in a flute. Yes, they absorb the moisture from the pads, but upon leaving it IN the flute, they just redistribute the bacteria, and any moisture that didn’t evaporate. This may result in untimely repairs and pad replacements to your instrument.

More than once the bacteria from these little fluffy wands made me sick again after I’d had a bout of cold or flu. They are NOT a good investment for your instrument.

If you MUST use these, DO NOT LEAVE IT IN YOUR FLUTE. They are fine for cleaning, but don’t let it sit in your flute. Let it arid before putting it away because the moisture contained in it helps to harbor the bacteria.

Take it from a flute teacher with exclusively too much experience with these, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THESE.

2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
Use properly…
By Maximilian A. Pinedo
This is NOT a substitute for the popular rod cleaning of the flute. These are not design to arid or clean the inside of the flute. They are designed for drying out THE PADS ONLY. I have employed these for more than 4 years with NO averse effect. I do use them the rectify way. After using any of my 4 flutes I do the regular rod cleaning/drying and then I plug the pad savers in and move them back and forth in the flute so the most hairy part of the pad saver sticks out of each hole, I then depress each and each key so each pad makes contact with the surface of the pad saver. The pad saver itself most be cleaned in hot soapy water at least each 2 weeks and let air dry. Never use the pad saver without rod cleaning the flute original unless you have no choice. The pad savers work on diplacement of humidity versus the big ‘hairy’ surface. They DO work if employed properly. I have had no health issue, no foul odor or any pad troubles in any of my 4 flutes for the last 4 years.

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