Klarinet Archive - Posting 000786.txt from 1998/09

From: "Scott Morrow" <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grow grenadilla? (Was Re: [kl] Reed Cane in MD)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:28:10 -0400

>Someone else on the list said it takes 50 to 60 years to produce a
profitable
>grenadilla crop from scratch
(snip!)
>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

I would like to point out, though, that it takes MUCH longer to produce
a profitable plastic crop from scratch. In a federally-funded pilot
project started in the early twenties, ten acres were planted with
plastic seeds. As of the most recent annual report (September, 1997),
none of them have even sprouted, yet!

-Scott

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