Has anybody used modern flute pads on a wooden flute? I refer to pads that have a hole in the center. I don’t see why these shouldn’t work as well as the solid pads.
Considering the number of types of pads that are in use on both modern and wooden style flutes, the chances would not appear to be good. The pads with the holes are designed to be used on the Boehm flutes that have several of the holes open. They provide sealing only around the edges, while the finger seals up the single hole in the middle.
If you tried using them on traditional flutes, you would have to be careful that the fit around the edges was perfect, and also that there were no gaps between the top of the pads and the the key body. I have tried several modern pad types in repair of a couple of my older padded flutes with very mixed results. Sometimes there is nothing that will replace a good ole’ professional repairman.
Modern flute pads come in sizes ranging from about 16-20mm , that’s too large for most wooden flute keys. On a modern flute the pads are held in with a screw and washer (hence the hole), on wooden flutes the pads are usualy stuck in using shellac. In it’s molten state the shellac would ooze through the central hole of a modern flute pad.
I prefer to use brown leather clarinet pads.
Ectophonic.
on some woodwind instrument they use cork instead of leather pads. I don´t no if that will work on a flute. Anybody tryed?
I’ve used clarinet pads successfully on a number of keyed wooden flutes from different makers. Lucien Deluxe Whites work well and look good. They’re flat, rigid, thin (approx .12") and have a bevelled edge so they seat well in the cup. Sizes vary in .5mm from 7mm diameter upwards. You can get the pads online from http://store.jlsmithco.com. To fix them I use seal wax (the sort you melt in stick form on to letters).
I have what seem to be the original cork pads on a Rudall & Rose .I think they knew a thing or two .( However I usually find when old things are in new condition they have stayed that way because they don’t work ! )
Your clock is 1 hour behind, for what it is worth ! It is 11.45 in the U.K.