Klarinet Archive - Posting 000339.txt from 2002/05

From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] To Green Line or Not Green Line?
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 10:37:03 -0400

I suspected as much about the materials cost. As far as maintenance, I was
thinking along the lines that, "OK, I'm completely stupid when it comes to
looking after *anything* so I should probably go for the safer option". ;-)

-- Joe

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From: "William Wright" <w7wright@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] To Green Line or Not Green Line?

> <><> Joe Wakeling wrote:
> Price: the salesman in the store where I will be buying said he felt it
> was wrong for Buffet to charge the same price for a cheaper material.
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> The cost of the wood in a clarinet is negligible. It's the labor and
> tooling and sales effort that cost.
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> You commented about maintenance cost. How much does it cost to
> maintain the wood in a clarinet? If it cracks and can't be pinned,
> then the cost is major, of course. But otherwise all of the
> maintenance is in keys and pads and corks and so forth --- which are the
> same for both body materials.
>
> (I'm not giving an opinion about which material is best, I'm just
> commenting about issues which seem irrelevant to me.)
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
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> If I had Stadler's mouthpiece, would I play better? Or do I need his
> ligature also? Or perhaps he and I are different persons? If I had
> Mozart's pen, would I compose better?
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