Yamaha YAC-1094P Powder Paper for wind & woodwind musical instruments

These are wonderful!!! When the weather warms up for some reason one keypad on my Selmer tenor just keeps sticking. Even my repair guy can't figure out why and the pad has been changed twice! However, positioning one of these papers between the pad and the tone hole, pressing down lightly on the key and slowly pulling the paper out cured the problem, instantly!

Caught these on sale. They do exactly what they are supposed to do - keep your woodwind pads from sticking. I've only had to use a couple since I bought them, and given the quantity in the package, I shouldn't have to buy more for a very long time.

At last! A solution to my sticky register key problem (alto clarinet)! I tried dollar bills, cigarette paper, and wet q-tips, and the very minimal success of any of these lasted about one playing session. O woe was me!! I tried this powder paper and it's been almost two months so far with no recurrence of the problem! I love this and will be keeping it handy in case any other keys give me trouble!Also, I have been able to help out two of my fellow bass clarinet players. The register keys of low clarinets seem to be vulnerable to this, probably because of their proximity to saliva (and all it can contain!) and the fact that they are operated by linkages instead of direct levers (as on a soprano clarinet). One local school horn had a history of not playing consistently in the upper register, and they thought it was broken somehow. I looked at it, heard that tell-tale sticky noise on the register key, and Powder Paper to the rescue! Problem solved! I am delighted.

This is the best paper I have used for the Clarinet.

Before getting the powder paper, I had a BIG problem with sticky keys on my flute. I had been using cigarette paper for a while, using every part of the paper to ensure there were no sticky keys, but it never worked. And then, I got this. Suddenly, I could just spend 2 seconds taking out the sticky keys, and it ACTUALLY went away! This was an incredible investment, and I cannot be more grateful for it.

I am a new saxophone player and am still figuring out things. I practice 2-3 hours a day and know that I should regularly clean my instrument. I have been trying to stretch out the deep cleaning of my pads to every 10 hours or so. But sometimes I get an occasional sticky G. After speaking with other players and my teacher, they recommended using the Yamaha Powder Paper. It works very well in keeping everything moving as it should! When I do my weekly deep cleaning, I have only noticed minor amounts of deposits around the tone holes. I feel that if you do not go months at a time without deep cleaning, any deposits should not be a major issue for your annual servicing technician. I recommend specifically, the Yamaha products!

Its useful and it works, but using a US dollar bill works the same since its similar paper

I have an old Leblanc clarinet with a Stubbins octave mechanism. It sounds lovely, but the octave pip has a tendency to stick, and it was becoming a real problem until I tried the Yamaha pad paper. I leave a piece of the paper between the octave pad and the pip whenever the instrument is in its case and it has solved the sticking octave problem. Previous attempts with parchment paper, dollar bills etc completely failed.It's great value because the pack will likely last me for decades and will see occasional use on all of my saxes and clarinets, but it has saved the Leblanc.