I’ve been using Campho Phenique on my pads for several years and it works wonders to prevent stickiness and provide a better seal - definitely can be hard to find as many stores seem to stock the gel only. I second Roman’s suggestion to buy some higher quality pipe cleaners from a tobacco shop.

It's probably the sugar in the oatmeal raisin cookies making them stick.

Man those overtones are crazy

Why do you keep apologizing 😂 If you keep apologizing for the messy room, then we will notice said messy room 😂

Hey man you’re pretty good at the saxophone

I came in here ready to swear it was a $5 bill. That's what all the old dudes in my band use ... they claim they're more abrasive/absorbent than a $1.

Another good way is to take a $ bill and put it on the sticky pad where it meets the tone hole. Close the key and pull it out. After you do it 2-3 times, your pad won't be sticky. I used that method to fix by sticky bis key as well. Use a dollar bill because normal paper will rip and not come out.

Bruh you just went out on a real life mmo questline to stop sticky pads...:P

The background music is the minuet from the Mozart clarinet quintet in an orchestra arrangement. Art Marshall

Key to unsticking pads = messy room

Man, thanks for all the videos you make. Often very practical stuff without pretentiousness and extra shit to be paid for. Bought a tenor a month ago, been learning a bit of "jazz theory" before, but now i finally came across the "create your own jazz lines" series and they are the most helpful for me, straightforward, clear approach. So thanks again. Matthew from Slovakia

Game changer! Thank you! and the anti-septic doubles as a saxophone lung preventative.

Big Thank You for passing on some great and super useful info. Love your vids.

Have fun in Miami, hopefully you enjoy Frost

Bruh this is awesome, that's why I love your channel

Superior entertainment value and advice on this as always. I've actually had a sticky bis since ive owned my alto so I'm definitely going to try this! Also thanks for the shout out - you crushed it!

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great overtones, tips, and quality of the thumbnail. great work

I have one strong recommendation for this remedy (as I was also recommended it)! If you purchase actual pipe cleaners (used for cleaning tobacco pipes) then there will be no residue/fuzz left behind, as can happen with arts and crafts pipe cleaners. I'd suggest just ordering them off of Amazon. Kick ass in Miami!

Ken had me do the same thing, pipe cleaners and all. Works like a dream! I keep several bottles and keep one in each case. It can be hard to find sometimes.