DISK FOR STABILISING A PAD OF A MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENT

摘要

A disk (20) for stabilising a pad assembly (30) in a key cup (40) for closure of a wind instrument tone hole (61) has an upper surface (21) formed to fit in a complementary manner to an inner bottom wall (41) of the key cup (40). The stabilising disk (20) is integrally made of a disk material, such as a hard wax material. The disk material is rigid at room temperature and malleable at a predetermined higher temperature. The stabilising disk (20) is manufactured by heating a precursor disk (10) positioned in the key cup (40) to at least said predetermined higher temperature while pressing the key cup (40) against the tone hole (61) with a counter piece (50) being positioned between the tone hole (61) and the precursor disk (10).