About Flute: Seating/Shimming Pads (20130729SeatPads)

How to re-seat flute pads to fix air leaks. Open-hole (ring) keys have coupling bushings to hold down pads while closed-hole/plateau keys have washers and screws. This is the common felt-pad system, not the more elaborated Straubinger padding system or the Lotus system of Muramastu. Can use a hair blow-dryer to heat/condition new pads. Yamaha 365II (current model 361H).