Klarinet Archive - Posting 000782.txt from 1998/09

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Solid Aluminum Clarinets?
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:54:15 -0400

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From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 5:05 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Solid Aluminum Clarinets?
>A aluminum casting or other alloy might also be made to LOOK more like a
>wood clarinet, with the same wall thickness, color, etc. That could help
>acceptance. It would also allow undercutting, which I don't believe was
>possible with the old metal clarinets.

If you use the same wall thickness in metal (even aluminum) as in wood, the
horn will be too heavy. Metals are denser than wood. All metal instruments
are of thin wall construction for that reason. The higher absolute strength
allows the manufacturer's to do this.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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