Klarinet Archive - Posting 000669.txt from 1997/11

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: clarinet materials
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 14:52:36 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.16
> Subj: Re: clarinet materials

> So, there *are* clarinets available in wood (of various types),
> plastic/resin, and metal. Can someone who owns (or has access to) both a
> metal clarinet and a plastic clarinet tell us if they sound different?
>
> Grant

Well, it has been many years since I played on anything but wood,
but at the time I had a plastic clarinet and a metal one, I was
unable to distinguish any appreciable difference. That means
nothing of course/. One's ears are not reliable enough for
measurements this refined. But since you asked I answered.

And I also add that in a previous discussion of metal clarinets,
the first clarinet in the Boston Symphony about 75 years ago played
on a metal instrument, and many of the members of this list still
have excellent ones. They are also made out of bamboo (which I
have not played) and glass, too.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
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