Klarinet Archive - Posting 000210.txt from 1997/02

From: Douglas Sears <dsears@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Clarinet cracking
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 20:50:36 -0500

On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Mark Charette wrote:

> Another thing from my metallurgical concern days:
> Has anyone ever had their new clarinet x-rayed or performed
> sonograms? These are pretty common techniques for finding hidden
> flaws in composite materials; if/when I ever own a new wood
> clarinet maybe I'll strip it down and take it to one of the
> specialty shops in town & have it NDT'd (non-destructive
> testing) and see if there are latent problems.

What a great idea! Do you think that might work without stripping
off all the keys? That would make it more practical to test a
clarinet for hidden flaws before buying it.

--Doug

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Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears