Klarinet Archive - Posting 001097.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] just wondering
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:11:38 -0400

At 05:02 AM 10/21/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>I was poking around trying to research the Conn Pan American that I
>purchased. I was looking to try to date it when I read the article about
the
>laminates. Were all of them laminates? the reason I ask is that there is
>about a quarter inch square chip missing in the bell tenon and I am courious
>if the one that I have is a Laninate or if it is a true "rosewood" the
grain
>look goes through the inside of the bell if this helps
>
To the best of my knowledge, Pan American did not make any rosewood
clarinets. Since it was a cheaper line put out by Conn, which did not
make especially fine clarinets anyway, it would be unlikely. Their
laminate clarinets do have a strikingly beautiful "grain" pattern, though,
which came out when the billets of laminated wood were turned on the lathe.
It shows to greatest effect on the bell, due to the curvature. You may
also notice that many of the toneholes are inserts, rather than integral.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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