Klarinet Archive - Posting 000320.txt from 1999/11

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Questins...
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 14:44:00 -0500

Richard Bush noted:

<<<You and I know that Fox and Loree are producing superb instruments with
plastic bodies. I look forward to a time when a clarinet maker will give his
all using plastic as the body material. A lot of the debate about wood vs.
plastic will be answered at that time.>>>

Of course, these instruments are oboes, which *never* sound good . . . .

[thumping sound]

Uh, that was my oboe-playing wife, who just smacked me. She has one of
these plastic Lorees, and in fact paid a $250 premium in order to get a
plastic top joint. After 3 very expensive, dead oboes, she gave up.

Hasn't regretted it one second. It plays EXACTLY the same as her wood one
did prior to the implosion. She'll never play wood again.

I've tried the Buffet Greenlines. Interesting, very heavy horn. I'd sure
like to try an R-13 made out of the same stuff Loree uses!

kjf

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