Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Buffet Greenlines
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 15:59:17 -0500

I get a kick out of watching the clarinet bell explode on the lathe in that
program (tree of music). POP!!!

At 02:18 PM 2/7/97 -0500, Michael D Moors - Alpena wrote:
>Because of the slash and burn method of land clearing and the extremely
>long period of time to grow blackwood the threat of extinction is quite
>real. I have an old "snowy" copy of the tree of music which is a very
>interesting documentary on the problem. African blackwood is also a very
>sought after carving wood in addition to its other values. I have a book
>mark at home that has much of the same information about blackwood as the
>PBS movie. I will try to remember to post when I get home.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Mike
>
>
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>Michael D. Moors
>mdmoors@-----.us
>
>On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Steve Prescott wrote:
>
>> Mike wrote:
>>
>> >I think it is great that Buffet has perfected the technology of the
>> >composite clarinet. It saves African blackwood, as unusable pieces of
wood
>> >now can be used. The Greenlines that I have tried played every bit as
good
>> >as the R13. I would also guess (only a guess) that the same amount of
time
>> >went into manufacturing. I have one basic question still....What do we do
>> >when Blackwood becomes extint? Composites eventually won't be the answer.
>> >
>> >Mike Moors
>> >
>>
>> I don't think the musical instrument industry, as far as using grenadilla,
>> is a threat the the environment. The African farmer, as I understand it,
>> uses a "slash and burn" method of clearing the land. Fire tends to be
>> indiscriminate and destructive. Some of the land that the farmer clears is
>> prime growing land for grenadilla. It is because of the alleged
>> unavailability of grenadilla that the "Green Line" has been produced. (This
>> is, of course, is my opinion.)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Steve Prescott
>> Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
>> Indiana State University
>> mipresc@-----.edu
>>
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College
Foundation of Arts and Musical Excellence Summer Music Festival (FAME)