Hollywood Clamps vs. Horn Dr. Clamps

[tenor71363]

Which one is the better of the two? I have received suggestions to buy one or the other the Hollywood clamps sold by Weiner Music are $10 cheaper than the Horn Dr. clamps sold by WWBW?

[Gordon (NZ)]

I recommend forgetting the clamps. Used regularly, they gradually crush the felt in teh pads until there is not enough resilience left in the felt to accommodate for a range of things that must be accommodated for any pads on keys linked to other keys, or on long arms. That is all the keys that are normally open.

On the other keys it does not matter; they have springs clamping them shut anyway.

[tenor71363]

Thanks. I am buying them due to tendonitis so I can play long tones without using my hands. Maybe I'll use them on a backup horn.