Klarinet Archive - Posting 000759.txt from 1998/09

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grow grenadilla?
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:39:07 -0400

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jason Hsien [mailto:jasonavhs@-----.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 3:33 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Grow grenadilla? (Was Re: [kl] Reed Cane in MD)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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?

I would be quite happy to try such a clarinet if Leblanc brought one out
with the typical Leblanc characteristics. Although Buffet is a fine
clarinet, it does not suit me and I wouldn't buy the Greenline just to
promote the development of professional composite or plastic clarinets.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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