Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: ending the GreenLine plastic/composite thread
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 19:52:51 -0400

I will be happy to try out your recommended, exact dimension
clarinets...wood against plastic, composite plastic against plastic, cp
against wood.....etc. .....please supply a list of those that match up in
specifications.

Roger Garrett

On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Jonathan Cohler wrote:

> 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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