Klarinet Archive - Posting 000643.txt from 2003/02

From: "Albert Nemiroff" <anemiroff@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:57:22 -0500

Perhaps that is wage of the sin of perfection. In the same spirit that
manufacturers try to mimic the appearance of wood in their plastic models,
they might consider testing your plausable theory by duplicating those
'imperfections'.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
> In my VERY LIMITED understanding, the surface creates turbulence in the
air stream which affects the sound. It's very possible that plastic
clarinets sound so "plastic-y" is that the surface is TOO smooth.
>

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