Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Was it elitism...?
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 04:42:39 -0500

Ah....the old "synthetic compound" trick. I see.....well....I can take
the dust left from my planer, jointer, and table saw and mix it with
Elmers glue and call it wood to......doesn't make it wood.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Jason Hsien wrote:

> The R-13 Greenline Clarinets aren't made of plastic! According to Boosey and
> Hawkes, its "90% recycled ground grenadilla wood" and the rest is just a
> synthethic compound to hold the grenadilla grounds together, but it's not
> plastic.
>
> Now, I don't know how well these "recycled wood" clarinets play, but they
> are very durable, and resist cracking in extreme temperatures. (which is
> more than I can say for my plastic Bundy)
>
> Jason Hsien
> jasonavhs@-----.com
> ------------------------------------
> "It kind of makes you wonder why man considers himself such a big screaming
> deal."
> -Hobbes, Calvin and Hobbes
> "Look, Homer, all of us pull a few boners now and then, go off half-cocked,
> make asses of ourselves. So, I don't want to be hard on you, but I wish you
> wouldn't curse in front of my boys."
> - Ned Flanders, The Simpsons
> A! WK[r]+++ YK- P&B--- DT+ SL+++ SK++ RR-- GDF--- PO I+ E42 H42 PonYiddish
> XSniff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> To: klarinet@-----.us>
> Date: Wednesday, 04 February, 1998 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Was it elitism...?
>
>
> >On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Neil Leupold wrote:
> >
> >> Dan, how many professional clarinetists do you know of --
> >> not even personally -- who play on a plastic clarinet?
> >>
> >> Neil
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Roger Garrett
> >IWU
> >
> >
>
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