Klarinet Archive - Posting 000121.txt from 1998/05

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <lgbuick@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wood 101
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 17:51:56 -0400

Cindy asked:

>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?

and LMcLell answered:

> rosewood is very red, sometimes going a bit blonde, with very defined grains
> because of the gradations of color from rosey to almost black
>

There are several different varieties of rosewood, in different shades
ranging from quite blond to deep reddish-brown. I play a Rossi rosewood
clarinet which has almost no red tint - people sometimes ask me if it's a
classical clarinet as it's quite a light brown. (My other Rossi is
cocobolo, much darker and redder.) I recently saw a Patricola rosewood at
Muncy Winds - it was lighter than mine and had a definite orange tint with
a very pronounced grain. Personally I didn't like it, but it's certainly a
very striking instrument.

As for durability, I haven't had any problems, though of course one pair of
instruments is not enough to draw any conclusions.

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