Klarinet Archive - Posting 000661.txt from 2000/08

From: les debusk <sflane@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plastic vs. Wood
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 20:26:26 -0400

Thanks, good idea. I looked a little before i posted but didn't find much on the
first try but i will try again.
Thanks,
Les DeBusk

Bill Hausmann wrote:

> At 06:36 PM 8/22/2000 -0400, Les DeBusk wrote:
> >
> >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?
> >
> Oh, boy! The wood vs. plastic debate again! :-)
>
> Really, this has been hashed out a lot in the past few years, so check out
> the archives. Theory suggests there should be no difference, but...
>
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