Klarinet Archive - Posting 000153.txt from 1997/02

From: Nathaniel F Johnson <clarinat@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Buffet Greenline
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 02:03:18 -0500

I THINK you mean "composite," or is "compost" some sort of Freudian slip?

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On Thu, 6 Feb 1997 22:17:50 -0800 jjchang <jjchang@-----.NET> writes:
>I just had a quick question....last year, at the California
MusicEducator's State >Convention at Santa Clara, I tried a Buffet
Greenline just to see how it felt. (I have a >Yamaha wooden clarinet,
silver plated). It was so nice.....very surprising, since the
>salesperson said that the clarinet was made from compost of the
grenadilla wood. I >fell in love with it! But my teacher, who plays a
Buffet R-13, said that she doesn't
>understand how a Greenline, made from compost, and an R-13 could be the
>same price. I don't know, either, but I really liked the Greenline. So,
is the price >worth it, or is a true wood (R-13) better than a compost? I
haven't tried an R-13, but >I'm sure they're really nice, too.
>
>Jennifer