Klarinet Archive - Posting 000855.txt from 1997/09

From: "Lou Polcari" <polcari@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Weight of Greenline
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:32:44 -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.>

Hi Jim

> 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!

Thanks for the exhausting research! I agree with you, and would at the
Selmer clarinets to that list. But a few extra grams may be just what the
doctor ordered to get more clarinetist to go to the doctor. If I were
playing a clarinet that had a bit of weight problem, I might want to try a
neck strap. I play alto as well, but I would not want to shed for three
hours with out a neck strap. I think it would be interesting to find out
just how much more the Greenline ( and here I feel like I am back in Boston
on the T) weighs then the none composite clarinets.

Lou Polcari
polcari@-----.net