Klarinet Archive - Posting 000652.txt from 2000/08

From: les debusk <sflane@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Plastic vs. Wood
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:36:14 -0400

What is the difference? Is it not the material but the design and
components that make the sound correct? Or is there another side to the
story? If you made a clarinet identical (size,bore,ring size,key
position,ect..) to a, lets say, Buffet R-13 out of a heavy plastic would
you not get the same tone and sound? In many ways i dont think so. But
thinking about it, wood warps and cracks. Plastic doesn't. And many
clarinet players often play with a barrel made of a sort of plastic
because most of the time the wooden barrel has to be replaced every few
years due to the change of the roundness and because it warps. Another
question to this story is..... Does wood resonate more than a heavy
plastic? And does the thickness and weight play into the sound
production? In other words i know there has to an acoustic reason for
wood. If there wasn't they could be made out of anything sturdy enough,
true?
Thank you,
Les DeBusk

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