Klarinet Archive - Posting 000759.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plastic vs. Wood
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 06:47:01 -0400

At 09:02 PM 8/23/2000 -0500, Joe Rankin wrote:
>I haven't had the time to follow this thread in it's entirety, but I have
seen
>comments on the combination of plastic/wood combinations in oboes. The Rossi
>clarinets I just purchased are made of Rosewood, but they have a plastic
"sleeve"
>in the upper portion of the top of the clarinets. I know he does that on his
>American bore instruments, but I am not sure if his clarinets with other bore
>dimensions are built that way or not. I have not asked, but I assume that the
>sleeve is used for stability where cracking might be most likely to occur.
>
You would think that this plastic sleeve would alter the tone perceptibly,
assuming you believe that the roughness/grain, absorbtion properties, etc.
of wood are significant factors in its superiority, not to mention that
there is likely a damping/alteration of vibration caused by the joining of
unlike materials. Or maybe it really DOESN'T make a difference?

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