Klarinet Archive - Posting 000093.txt from 1995/08

From: "Chan, Jeff" <jeff.chan@-----.COM>
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 12:33:00 -0400

On Aug. 5, 1995, BC wrote:

>The density of normal grenadilla wood is apparently 1.3
>The density of the new Green line is about 1.4
>
>This is information directly from Buffet with whom i spoke recently,
>however, not being that familiar with density measurements, i can only
>guess that this is grams per/ ?
>per something

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The density numbers indicate the mass of the material in relationship to
that of water, i.e., normal grenadilla wood is 1.3 times the weight of the

same volume of water; the green line "wood", 1.4. Therefore, the green
line is 1.08 times as heavy as normal grenadilla wood.

Jeff Chan
Jeff.Chan@-----.com -- "freelance chamber music specialist"