Every saxophone player knows the feeling. You go to play a G# and it sticks. Mid-performance. Mid-phrase. Mid-note. The pad that sealed perfectly yesterday has bonded overnight to the tone hole and now requires a small mechanical intervention at the worst possible moment. You blow harder, tap the key, get the note out — and then spend the rest of the piece hoping it doesn't happen again.
Sticky pads are not a minor inconvenience. They are a mechanical failure caused by moisture — the natural byproduct of playing any wind instrument — being trapped between the pad leather and the tone hole surface overnight. Over time that repeated moisture contact causes pad deterioration, pad rot and eventually the kind of repair that means the instrument is out of your hands for days and money is out of your pocket. The G#, low C# and Eb are the three most vulnerable pads on every saxophone — linked mechanically, staying closed under spring pressure, collecting moisture every single time you play.
Key Leaves was founded by Rulon Brown, a professional sax player and music teacher who grew up fixing horns at his local music store. Like all saxophonists, he ran into the problem of sticky key pads that cause playing malfunction and costly repair. So he created natural-care products that leave keys open to dry clean. 

Key Leaves are the most cost-effective saxophone and clarinet maintenance investment available. A single set of Key Leaves costs less than one sticky pad repair and prevents an unlimited number of them. For school programs, private teachers and individual players who want to protect their instrument investment and eliminate the most common mechanical failure in woodwind playing — this is the product. Every Key Leaves product ships across Canada.