Klarinet Archive - Posting 000755.txt from 1996/03

From: Richard Lahrson <tripspud@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: First Appearance of Plastic Clarinets
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 21:52:58 -0500

There is a difference between plastic and ebonite. Ebonite is a type of
hard rubber used to make mouthpieces and from the responses here, also
clarinets. Plastic is a material that was not available until after world
War II.