Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2007/08

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Clarinet Manufacture - Differences between French and
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:25:44 -0400

> However, we do not see clarinets made of steel or other very
> hard and dense molecular structures.

I do. Plated brass and silver have both been used, plated brass extensively.

> Steel would be impractical anyway from the
> standpoint of weight,

Not really. See my previous comment. The wall thickness can be pretty thin
...

> but what about making a clarinet of leaded glass
> (crystal).

NOW let's talk about weight! Grenadilla ~1,300 kg/m3, leaded glass ~3100
kg/m3.

> There is also a
> Japanese company that has produced a ceramic clarinet from what I hear.

True. I saw it at Clarinetfest in Japan.

> These formants have an important bearing on the
> quality of the sound produced. "
That is the debate. How much, if any, of these formants are attributable
to material? I've not seen anything yet besides some ill-formed
experiments.

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