Klarinet Archive - Posting 001316.txt from 1999/01

From: "Burch or Susan Johnson" <bsjohnsn@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grendadilla Wood
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 01:39:26 -0500

>I have a question that may sound stupid, but is the Grendadilla Wood or
>whatever other kindds of wood that the clarinet is made out of naturally
black
>or is there artificial coloring used on the wood to make it have the black
>color. I have been curious about that for a long time.
>
>doug
>
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It's a reddish/brown wood naturally. It used to be treated with black shoe
polish in the older instruments...it can be removed with bore oil. Nowadays
it's probably some high-tech dye. Burch

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