Klarinet Archive - Posting 001231.txt from 1997/10

From: "Andrew Scholberg" <ascholbe@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Clarinet material
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 14:07:28 -0500

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 14:11:58 -0700
From: noname <hakan@-----.net>
Subject: Re: Clarinet material

>Does anybody know if Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum sanctum,
>Guaiacum officinale, Guaiacum arborium) - the hardest and most densest
>wood there is - has been used to make instruments?

Yes. The Folkers & Powell workshop has made replicas of baroque flutes in
lignum vitae. Apparently some early instruments were made of this wood. I
don't
know if a clarinet has ever been made of this wood.

Andy Scholberg
ascholbe@-----.com