Klarinet Archive - Posting 000998.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reamers
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 07:35:24 -0400

At 04:35 PM 8/29/2000 -0300, Ed Maurey wrote:
>As a professional machinist I'd like to compliment Mark on the quality and
>accuracy of his comments. I would add that the bores of the plastic
>clarinets appear to be cast [perhaps, even extruded on the top joint] and
>the holes machined. I'm not an expert on plastic casting and therefore not
>sure of the dimensional accuracy that is possible in these bores. However,
>many wooden clarinets are quite inacurately bored so material is no
>quarantee of accuracy.
>
Most plastic clarinets have molded bores, but a few are actually reamed.

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