Klarinet Archive - Posting 000781.txt from 1998/09

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grow grenadilla? (Was Re: [kl] Reed Cane in MD)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:50:46 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Grow grenadilla? (Was Re: [kl] Reed Cane in MD)

>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.

Yes they are beautiful. I saw one on the eBay auction a few weeks ago.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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