Klarinet Archive - Posting 000130.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Greenline
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:27:59 -0400

Quite.
Presumably the real revolution will only come when *no* clarinets (or
oboes) are turned out of wood (especially blackwood/mpingo), but instead
are all made out of dust- or chip-rich composite - a sort of musical
chipboard. There will then be a sharp fall in the price of mpingo wood;
naturally, fewer people will want to grow or nurture or whatever it, and
the profits of the instrument makers will soar into the exosphere.....
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 3 Sep 1997 Jrykorten@-----.com wrote:

> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:28:36 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jrykorten@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Greenline
>
> In a message dated 97-09-03 00:37:28 EDT, you write:
>
> <<
> 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
> >>
>
>
> You guys are dreaming if you think this model has anything to do with
> anything but maximizing resources - the dust on the floor. Think about the
> quantity of wood that has to be whittled away to make a tube. Then think
> about what they pay for the wood. Then think what any right thinking business
> person would do under those circumstances.
>
> I find the environmental thing to be a bit disingenuous. True by definition
> but not by motivation.
>
> Jerry Korten
> NYC
>