Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Greenlines
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 04:42:05 -0500

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Shouryu Nohe wrote:

> Roger:
> > I know the question is directed at Dan, but I am aware that Bob Spring
> > plays on all Buffet R-13 Greenline instruments now.....and they are
> > plastic.
>
> Well, not plastic...rather, it's recycled grenadilla. The grenadilla dust
> produced when making solid wood horns is fused together into a solid
> substance (sort of like plywood, I guess) using an epoxy. So, it's
> wood...just not straight from the tree. ^_^

The Greenline is a plastic clarinet - there is much more "plastic" than
dust.......Buffet also refers to it as a plastic clarinet......I feel
relatively safe standing by my original statement.

Roger Garrett
IWU