Klarinet Archive - Posting 000425.txt from 1997/09

From: elspeth4@-----. Grant)
Subj: Re: ending the GreenLine plastic/composite thread
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 03:26:15 -0400

On Sun, 7 Sep 1997 21:57:28 -0500 Jonathan Cohler <cohler@-----.net>
writes:

>The material out of which a clarinet is made will not change how the
>instruments sounds or feels (in terms of blowing) to a player or
listener.
>It may feel different to the hands, because the material is different.

Since the way an instrument feels to a player is entirely subjective, I
don't think this can be stated as a fact.
Just because there is no actual difference between one plastic clarinet
and one wood clarinet doesn't mean I won't feel that they're different,
or that I won't like one of them more.

Alexis Grant

P. S. It's interesting to note that the "ending the GreenLine
plastic/composite thread" didn't actually end the thread at all. Seems we
all have to have the last word :-).