Klarinet Archive - Posting 000599.txt from 1997/01

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Wood Vs Plastic
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:15:25 -0500

Are these newer then the Green Line which has been out for about a year now?

At 02:02 PM 1/27/97 -0500, Jrykorten@-----.COM wrote:
>David C. Blumberg wrote:
>
>
>>Not wanting to throw gas on a fire that doesn't exist yet, but:
>>Why don't the big manufacturers copy the exact bore, tonehole placement,
>>etc. ,etc. on the plastic clarinets, to make the perfect clarinet -IF, and
>>only IF the tone is the same between wood, and plastic. And don't tell me
>>the equivalent of "a common cold virus cure exists, but the cold symptom
>>industry suppresses it".
>
>According to the new literature from Boosey Hawkes - the new Buffet R-13's
>ARE in fact now made from plastic!
>
>This is an age old debate (started in the 19th century over brass or wood
>trumpets). I agree with David, there probably is only good to come out of
>using a dimensionally stable material that is some mix (laminate like match
>rifle gun stock) of wood and plastic or rubber, or of plastic alone.
>
>Does anybody have direct experience with other materials in a quality
>clarinet?
>
>Jerry Korten
>NYC
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College