Elbow-pads for bellows
- lundblad
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Elbow-pads for bellows
What is the best material to use when making elbow-pads for bellows?
Any suggestions?
Robert
Any suggestions?
Robert
- Joseph E. Smith
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Anything that is both comfortable and durable. Leather pillows filled with some sort of padding (ie. cotton, foam etc...) work nicely. But you could do the same with a sturdy fabric. Some fasten doubled over cloth to the inside cheek and outside cheek. I suppose it is a matter of taste and personal comfort.
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I made one from the the thin " foamcell matrass""(used in outdoors under sleepingbags etc,
sorry not find the rigth word for it) perhaps you got it what i mean. Cheap and
Easy to cut in different shape, few pieces of" twosideglued" tape between " slices " and you can made pad as high as necessary.
Always have piece of it in my case.
btw I covered pipecase insides with same stuff too.
sorry not find the rigth word for it) perhaps you got it what i mean. Cheap and
Easy to cut in different shape, few pieces of" twosideglued" tape between " slices " and you can made pad as high as necessary.
Always have piece of it in my case.
btw I covered pipecase insides with same stuff too.
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The outdoor matress stuff works great, and its cheap. Or maybe a small piece of the living room carpet... You could allways cut a piece when you are visiting friends - if you take it from under the sofa or a chair they won't notice....
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... and I always thought that your cat ended up as a bag for your Scottish chamber pipes. At least the sound was close ...uilleannfinlander wrote:Cat's are also longlasting material for elbowpads...... if your reed doesn't reach 3rd octave, just push harder ..cat does instead, .. but remember not to feed the cat before playing session...
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Check out your local upholstery shop of wholesale foam company. I have used a really great 1" thick medium heavy grey foam in the past and it held up the entire time I had my Lambe set. Cut it to whatever shape you like, cover it in a nice material and attach it to the bellows with velcro.... yay.... no more bleeding elbows!
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