Klarinet Archive - Posting 000269.txt from 1998/02

From: Matthew Hanson <mchanson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Greenlines
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 04:42:45 -0500

This is a very interesting ratio.
It makes me wonder how they keep the instrument together so well with
only 5% epoxy-especially if it is guaranteed to not crack. Hmmm...
Very cool.
Matt Hanson
>
> > 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
>
> The Buffet/Boosey & Hawkes web site says that the Greenline features
> "Body of 95% granulated Grenadilla wood and 5% polycarbonate fiber
> and epoxy resin."
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Russ Rozinek, Maxwell, Iowa