Klarinet Archive - Posting 000713.txt from 2004/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Material influence on sound...one more time
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:48:47 -0400

At 07:01 PM 7/18/2004 -0700, Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
> > and combinations of 95% powdered Grenadilla
> > with resin binder and fiberglass reinforcing threads
>
>Bill, does "threads" mean chopped fiberglass fibers, perhaps 1/8"-1/4"
>long, or perhaps milled fibers that are 1/64"-1/32" long? Or does it
>mean longer filaments that are either wound around each joint's
>circumference or laid along the full length of each joint?

To the best of my knowledge, they are just short pieces. The material is
formed into billets and then turned on a lathe, just like wood billets,
although different cutting tools are required.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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