Klarinet Archive - Posting 000780.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grow grenadilla? (Was Re: [kl] Reed Cane in MD)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 06:01:20 -0400

At 06:35 PM 9/21/98 -0500, Dee Hays wrote:
>Years ago, the maker of Pan American clarinets actually did make plywood
>billets and then make student grade clarients out of them. Unfortunately,
>they had a problem with the clarinets de-laminating and with cracking (which
>the plywood construction was supposed to prevent), so they gained a bad
>reputation and they were discontinued. It was a good idea but they didn't
>make sure that the process was adequate and under control.
>
It's a shame they didn't work out. They are really quite beautiful. They
look like spectacularly grained rosewood.

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