Klarinet Archive - Posting 000778.txt from 1996/08

From: ejlim@-----.
Subj: wood vs plastic (fwd)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:34:42 -0400

Forwarded message:
>
> Buffet Crampon's top of the line models -RC Prestige and Festival- don't
> have dyed wood. I understood whilst visiting the factory in France that
> the best wood is claimed by these models because of this, especially
> because it is important that the different parts of the instrument, i.e.
> bell, barrel, upper and lower joints, are uniform in appearance.
>
> I have also come across students of mine with Leblanc Noblets that had
> mixed plastic and wooden parts.
> --
> Elizabeth Lim