I have just rebuilt my Conn New Wonder 2, and I have 2 questions about it
1) When I bought the sax, it had just been rebuilt/padded by a reputable tech. They used a cork pad on the lower body octave key. It has worked fine for the last 4 years, but wouldn't you normally expect to see a leather pad there? Is there any advantage in using cork for this or was it possibly a Friday afternoon repad?
2) The main body E key (middle key, lower stack) closes the pad under the key and also closes a small auxiliary pad on the lower left-hand side of the sax body. This pad had previously been closed off by a big piece of cork - I have removed the cork and adjusted the regulation on the linkage. The sax works fine with the auxiliary key working and without - so why is it there? If Conn saw fit to build this bit of mechanism into the sax it must serve a purpose and yet I have been playing fine for the last 4 years with this blocked off. so am confused
Any help with these two questions is gratefully appreciated
Thanks
1) When I bought the sax, it had just been rebuilt/padded by a reputable tech. They used a cork pad on the lower body octave key. It has worked fine for the last 4 years, but wouldn't you normally expect to see a leather pad there? Is there any advantage in using cork for this or was it possibly a Friday afternoon repad?
2) The main body E key (middle key, lower stack) closes the pad under the key and also closes a small auxiliary pad on the lower left-hand side of the sax body. This pad had previously been closed off by a big piece of cork - I have removed the cork and adjusted the regulation on the linkage. The sax works fine with the auxiliary key working and without - so why is it there? If Conn saw fit to build this bit of mechanism into the sax it must serve a purpose and yet I have been playing fine for the last 4 years with this blocked off. so am confused
Any help with these two questions is gratefully appreciated
Thanks