Klarinet Archive - Posting 000792.txt from 1998/09

From: "Chuck Trimble CPA" <trimble@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Solid Aluminum Clarinets?
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:21:54 -0400

i believe aluminum alloy is generally lighter than genadilla is it not?
chuck trimble
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From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Solid Aluminum Clarinets?

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>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
>To: klarinet@-----.org>
>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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