Klarinet Archive - Posting 000315.txt from 1997/09

From: Jonathan Cohler <cohler@-----.net>
Subj: Re: ending the GreenLine plastic/composite thread
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 18:53:06 -0400

Roger Garrett wrote:

>It is possible that I may have misjudged many opinions!
>
>Let me rephrase that: I find the composite plastic to sound much closer
>to a wood clarinet than other plastic clarinets.
>

Have you analyzed the precise designs and tone hole specifications of the
plastic, composite and wood clarinets that you have "compared"?

If not, this is a meaningless statement. Because as the physics
demonstrates, it is the precise tone hole, bore and detailed design of the
instrument that makes the differences, not the material.

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Jonathan Cohler
cohler@-----.net

   
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