Klarinet Archive - Posting 001382.txt from 1997/10

From: "Brian Ackerman" <ackerman@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: suitable woods for woodwinds
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 05:37:38 -0500

My understanding is that lignum vitae is very prone to cracking.
Brian Ackerman.

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> From: Andrew Scholberg <ascholbe@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: suitable woods for woodwinds
> Date: 27 October 1997 00:49
>
> 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 because 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
>