Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 1997/02

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Buffet Greenline
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:08:48 -0500

>I THINK you mean "composite," or is "compost" some sort of Freudian slip?
>
>-N=
-----------------> I thought it was the Brownline that was made of compost!
-SDM

>
>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

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

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