Klarinet Archive - Posting 000434.txt from 1997/08

From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Greenlines cracking
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 09:07:05 -0400

I would think they would be more likely to "break" at one of the tenons like
the ABS plastic instruments.

Gary

At 07:51 PM 8/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Jeroen (I think) just said that Buffet Greenline clarinets (made out of
>glued-together wood particles, vs.an intact section of Grenadilla) DO
>crack, just less than others. I find this interesting; I thought the
>whole point of wood that doesn't have grain is that cracking should be
>much less likely to happen, or basically not happen.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Peter Stoll
>Instructor of Clarinet and Chamber Music
>University of Toronto
>
>