Klarinet Archive - Posting 000716.txt from 2000/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A statement to Mr. Francois Kloc
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:47:31 -0500

At 04:22 PM 3/23/2000 -0500, Topper wrote:
>At 01:42 PM -0600 3/23/00, Dee D. Hays wrote:
>>
>>It is impossible to tell whether a piece of wood has an internal flaw that
>>will eventually cause a crack.
>
>Impossible for whom???? One Can rule it out with careful inspection.
>
>Your statement comes from a mal-informed source(s). The "flaws" you speak
>of are not flaws at all but natural variations during growth; density,
>porosity and grain patters and structure. Weather and disease also will
>show in raw material. In addition to the vertical bends, twists, ellipse,
>of the harvested materials.... bends and the internal dead giveaways of
>where even the slightest had grown... from these are all signs to take into
>consideration.
>
>With all the sonic and magnetic imaging I'm sure somebody would bring old
>world excellence to the modern front.
>
I have to assume that, if it were ECONOMICALLY feasible to determine ahead
of time that a piece of wood would crack, Buffet would grind it up into raw
material for Greenlines right away! Warrantee work is tremendously
expensive, and they would really rather not have to do it. Rebuilding the
keys onto a new body is at least as hard as building the horn the first time!

>...As a hobby I used to carve necks by hand to make guitarre and bass from
>every wood from black walnut, maple tone-wood, mahogany, paduak, rosewood,
>mahogany:.
>
>http://helius.carroll.com/p/leo_g/parts/hondurasnecks.jpg
>
>
>I made these about 35 - 40 years ago - my second and third neck.
>You will see that perfect straight grain is not always desirable. But also
>rosewood and grenadilla, even ebony are not the straight grain. For these
>woods one must work with the flow and see ahead. My classic guitar neck
>could be made into a Violone neck or even re-slotted, attached to elongated
>body for a 35" scale electric bass (different headstock) have the perfect
>bow, never warp and not need a truss rod.
>
And how many thousands of these necks do you produce in a year?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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