Klarinet Archive - Posting 000420.txt from 2003/09

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: [kl] Wood (was: Pads deteriorating quickly..more info)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 01:17:47 -0400

Marginally related to the Great Oiling Debate:

Clarinet manufacturers advertise that they select only the best wood for
their clarinets. I suppose that, in nature, grenadilla trees can have
knots and holes (er, I mean lacunae) and so forth, just like any other
tree. But I'm wondering --- if I were to buy 50 pieces of grenadilla
from someone like Ferree, would I be able to notice that some pieces
were more or less dense than other pieces? And therefore oiling might
give different results on different pieces of grenadilla?

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