Klarinet Archive - Posting 001667.txt from 1998/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: [klarinet] sound, shape, and material
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 05:44:05 -0400

At 04:25 PM 4/27/98 -0500, George Kidder wrote:
>If one grants (and I know that many won't) that the essential quality of a
>clarinet is the shape and size of the bore, this leads to a question about
>the manufacturing process of plastic vs. wood clarinets. Wood instruments
>have to be bored out, a manufacturing process which is inherently accurate
>and reproducible, although costly. Plastic (at least some plastic) can be
>molded or extruded, which is less accurate. When I look into the relatively
>poor-quality plastic instruments I own, I see no evidence of machining marks
>which I would expect if they were bored. I assume I don't find such marks
>in my R13 because of careful polishing, which I would not expect on cheaper
>horns.
>
>So the question - does anyone know for sure if plastic instruments are cast
>or extruded without any additional work done on the bore? (Of course, the
>holes have to be put in somehow.)
>
The better plastic instruments ARE bored out.

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