Klarinet Archive - Posting 000121.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Greenlines cracking and making the things
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 09:05:34 -0400

These are good points......but...with literally thousands of clarinets
made out of wood each year, the shavings actually save quite a few
trees.....they would otherwise be thrown out, and that many more blocks of
wood would go toward a clarinet that might otherwise be made from another
tree! Even if it didn't save trees, the Greenline is a great clarinet
with a sound objective in mind....no cracks.

Roger Garrett

On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Roger Shilcock wrote:

> But you've got to have the discarded wood to do this. If there is no
> process which produces this, then there's nothing to make greenlines from,
> so the saving in trees can only occur if Buffet don't increase production.
> The situation may be even worse than this. Does anyone out there know how
> many loads of non-greenline chips it takes to make a greenline?
> The non-cracking "reason" looks much more convincing.
> Roger Shilcock
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Scott D. Morrow wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:25:34 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.edu>
> > Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > Subject: Re: Greenlines cracking
> >
> > >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
> >
> >
> > Peter,
> > I apologize for answering so "late" (I'm REALLY behind on my e-mail!)!
> > My understanding was that the Greenline was developed from environmental
> > concerns, NOT as an improved crack-resistant instrument. The idea was to
> > make a "quality" clarinet out of wood that would normally be discarded,
> > thereby saving trees.
> > -Scott
> >
> >
> > Scott D. Morrow
> > Department of Biochemistry
> > School of Hygiene and Public Health
> > Johns Hopkins University
> > (410) 955-3631
> >
> > SDM@-----.edu
> >
> >
> >
>
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