Klarinet Archive - Posting 000873.txt from 1997/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: glass mouthpieces
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:28:26 -0500

Doug,
The difference is that glass is made from melted silica (sand to
us) and is poured into a mold (or blown and shaped). Crystal is actually a
type of Quartz and is mined from the ground, just as coal is.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Douglas Sears wrote:

> Does anybody really know what they mean when they say that
> a mouthpiece is crystal rather than glass? I doubt it.
> What's the difference?
>
> --Doug
>
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> Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears
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