Klarinet Archive - Posting 000753.txt from 1998/09

From: "Jason Hsien" <jasonavhs@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grow grenadilla? (Was Re: [kl] Reed Cane in MD)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:32:47 -0400

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From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
:It seems to me that the real answer is to eliminate the unjustified
prejudice
:against plastic, thus encouraging manufacturers to produce plastic horns
with
:the same care and precision applied to wood instruments

Though this may seem like I'm endorsing Buffet (and though I am an avid fan
of their horns, I promise you I'm not), I really think folks should give
Recycled Grenadilla (Greenline) a chance, and that Buffet should also share
the technology with it's competitors.

Recycled Grenadilla Clarinets have the comfort, care and sound of a wooden
clarinet as well as the durability of plastic. It's not using new trees,
because it's recycled wood and wasted wood.

Considering how difficult and long it takes Grenadilla, African Blackwood,
etc..., I seems to me that Recycling the grenadilla already out there is the
next step. There are plenty of unused clarinets, and I'm sure that some are
put away and never seen again. Others are simply unplayable because there is
too much damage. But the wood can still be salvaged, since it's ground up.

Am I the only one who sees it this way?

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