Klarinet Archive - Posting 000542.txt from 1998/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Nasty question
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:38:49 -0400

I have a very poor copy of it that was loaned to me by a student. If you
email me privately, I can find a way to get it to you.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Tue, 18 Aug 1998 SDSCHWAEG@-----.com wrote:

> Did anybody else see a PBS program called "The Music Tree"? -- It was about
> African mpingo wood (which is apparently the same as grenadilla) and how it is
> used to make musical instruments -- clarinets, oboes, and the finger boards on
> string instruments. The program suggested that the trees today are subjected
> to greater stresses from fires, which occur more frequently because many are
> deliberately set to clear land for agriculture or whatever, whereas previously
> there were only naturally occurring fires from lightning. The mpingo tree can
> survive a fire because the wood is so dense, but the intense heat causes
> changes in the wood that make it more vulnerable to cracking. There was a
> truly startling shot of a clarinet bell that just suddenly exploded into
> splinters as it was being shaped on a lathe. I'd love to get a copy of that
> program -- I ran across it by accident, and didn't have my VCR set up to
> record it.
>
> Susan Schwaegler
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