Klarinet Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 1998/05

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wood 101
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 07:47:53 -0400

At 08:51 PM 5/2/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Can anyone describe the difference between the appearance of grenadilla and
>rosewood? I have seen many grenadilla clarinets, and some have beautiful
>reddish striations in the wood. I don't think I've seen a rosewood clarinet,
>though. Is it uniform in color? What about durability?
>
>Cindy

Well, Patricola sent me their brochures, and there's a nice color
illustration of the rosewood model. It's sort of a bright reddish-brown,
really quite attractive. Makes you wonder why they call clarinets
"blackwood":-). As to how it plays or holds up?....

Ken

"The East River. But it was not a river at all. Merely a column of water
connecting the upper harbor to the Sound. Yet everyone called it a river.
They chose not to think about it. They clung to the surface of things."
--Peter Quinn, "Banished Children of Eve"
Ken Wolman kwolman@-----.com/SoHo/Gallery/1649

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