Klarinet Archive - Posting 000847.txt from 1997/09

From: Jim Lytthans <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: Weight of Greenline
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:57:40 -0400

Lou Polcari mused:
> I have to agree with you on the sound of the green line R13 clarinet. My only question is one of weight. I seems quite a bit heavier to me then a regular R13.>

Actually, the whole Leblanc line seems just about as heavy as the
Greenline R13. One of these days (soon), I'll go into Robert Gilbert
(Los Angeles) with my wife's Leblanc Opus and an accurate postage scale.
There I will perform a very scientific analysis of the comparative
weights of Grenadilla vs. composite vs. Opus clarinets, using control
group variables, and random sampling (sure!). I will report back my
astutue findings to the group. The Greenline seems a couple of ounces
heavier, but it didn't bother me when I played them. Play the tenor sax
for a while. He ain't heavy, man, that's my sax!
--

Jim Lytthans "Primo Arundo Donax!"
Principal Clarinet
La Mirada (CA) Symphony Orchestra
Claremont Symphonic Winds
(http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html)
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