Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 1997/02

From: Frank Brugman <fbrugman@-----.ORG>
Subj: Greenline clarinets
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 01:02:47 -0500

Is there is any validity to the belief that the material from which
the body of a clarinet is made affects the tone? I will not argue the case
either way, but it is my hope that it is so because I've spent a lot of
money on wood clarinets.

Assuming that is the case, I would propose that the structure of the
wood as well as its chemical make-up should both have an effect on tone quality.

If one took the wooden bars (what do you call them?) off of a Deagan
marimbaphone and ground them up, mixed them with polymer and reformed them
would the tone be affected?

FB