Yeah, I just wish I could persuade/shame Yanagisawa and Selmer to do the right thing.Well, my time scale for "they're adding adjusting screws" is to compare the modern Yamaha with numerous of them, against my old Conns etc. with zero. But that's probably a 40 year spacing.
At first glance (and several after that), that is one crappy looking pad - but I have the benefit of not doing my own pad work, and getting “high quality” pads installed by my techs. Do you know the brand/model of that pad (might it show on the back)?Dismantled the alto last night. Little to no impression on pads as usual. I did find one culprit. Bad leather. I could literally see the texture of the leather in the light leak. Can’t say I’ve had too many bad pads.
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Oh I know exactly where the pad(s)came from. A well-known top quality house. In all fairness it’s just a couple of bad ones. No reason to slam somebody’s product. Next time I’ll be more observant.At first glance (and several after that), that is one crappy looking pad - but I have the benefit of not doing my own pad work, and getting “high quality” pads installed by my techs. Do you know the brand/model of that pad (might it show on the back)?
Will that texture iron out with a hot pad slick? And, if it does, will the texture return once the pad is moistened?
Curious,
George
Isn't that called cellulitis? I had no idea cows were prone to that but maybe the leather was recycled from a wrecked Rolls Royce driver seat. Or the chauffeur's snake leather shoes rescued from the scorched body after the gas tank caught on fireDismantled the alto last night. Little to no impression on pads as usual. I did find one culprit. Bad leather. I could literally see the texture of the leather in the light leak. Can’t say I’ve had too many bad pads.
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The leather varies across the pad. Reasonably fine grain on the left, much coarser on the right. It probably comes from the edge of the animal’s skin, closer to the legs than to the backbone.Dismantled the alto last night. Little to no impression on pads as usual. I did find one culprit. Bad leather. I could literally see the texture of the leather in the light leak. Can’t say I’ve had too many bad pads.
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Ulaz if you use a German layout keyboardOil of Ulay?
I think you just answered the question. Where do disqualified contestants go.Smoothest leather would be from a camel in a beauty contest.
Saudi camel beauty pageant cracks down on cosmetic enhancements
More than 40 camels are disqualified for receiving injections and other cosmetic enhancements.www.bbc.co.uk
I think that’s exclusively used on tenderloin steak. I think I got top round steak prepared with rock salt.….at the same price.Oil of Ulay?
Well. They made a watertight seal over an animal.The pads in that photo have kind of a "puffy" look to me. The rivet holding the flat reso in place seems to pull it into the surface of the pad. I'm sure they can be "seated" just fine, but they look different from the pads I typically use. This discussion reminded me of a photo I took through a "microscope" camera I was playing around with. The caption of the photo is "comparing Precision and Roo pads" but in my wisdom I didn't label which is which. Looking at pads under magnification it is hard to believe they can provide an airtight seal over a tonehole.
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The follicle pattern varies considerably according to animal species. Calfskin is the finest grain, especially when literally calf and not mature bovine skin (leather technologists call all bovine skin "calf" regardless of its maturity).The pads in that photo have kind of a "puffy" look to me. The rivet holding the flat reso in place seems to pull it into the surface of the pad. I'm sure they can be "seated" just fine, but they look different from the pads I typically use. This discussion reminded me of a photo I took through a "microscope" camera I was playing around with. The caption of the photo is "comparing Precision and Roo pads" but in my wisdom I didn't label which is which. Looking at pads under magnification it is hard to believe they can provide an airtight seal over a tonehole.
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