![]() Pads sticking to tone holes is a pretty big problem with saxes. a local dent or 'fold', that distorts, or even creases the tone hole, it is far more difficult to for a technician to restore a rolled tone hole.Ĥ. Therefore more finger force is required on a key to create sufficient localised pressure on the 'sealing circle' to overcome blemishes in the pad surface and irregularities in the tone hole levelness, to seal a pad on its tone hole.ģ. There is a higher surface area of metal contacting the pad. Dealing with this is not easy, and presents a good opportunity for a less scrupulous technician to be a 'butcher'.Ģ. The rolling process typically leaves the tone hole edge too high where the tone hole wall is lowest, i.e. ![]() Manufacturers are not good at achieving this. ![]() ![]() As with flutes, it is difficult, possibly impossible to get accurately level tone holes - 0.02 mm discrepancy represents a significant leak). I thought my answer would be of interest to others, and some may like to disagree, so I have posted it here.ġ. I was recently asked, off forum, "Don't you also agree that good rolled tone holes are one of the best features on any Saxophone?" ![]()
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