Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 1997/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Greenlines cracking
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:14:52 -0400

At 09:17 PM 9/3/97 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:

>Bill, it sounds as if the Pan American was a laminated
>composite clarinet. The Buffets are not a laminate; they
>won't suffer a delamination (a common failure with laminated
>construction). The buffet construction is more akin to
>fibreglass construction using glass wool; there is no "grain"
>to the Buffet clarinet (fibreglass using glass or carbon
>fiber cloth can have very different properties from glass
>wool, which is why I'm being a bit specific).
>
That is what I assumed. I guess the proof will come in time. Meanwhile, I
have not seen one to try out, but I would like to. I would expect that an
additional benefit to the composite construction would be less variation
between instruments. Anyone have any experience to verify my theory?

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