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Re: clarinet weight

Author: Wayne Thompson
Date: 2003-10-20 08:13

You all notice the obvious, I suppose. Most normal people don't have accurate scales to measure weights like these. So most of us can only talk about this important subject using guesswork. And I'm not much help either. A year ago I bought a Buffet Festival, which has the denser 'Prestige Wood' and silver plated keys. It felt much heavier to me than my 1960 Evette Schaeffer Master Model, presumedly similar to the same age R-13. I was able to weigh them both accurately at work (with no mouthpiece), but I have lost the dang slip of paper the weights were written on. However I remember clearly that the Festival was exactly 10% heavier than the Master Model.

10% is over two ounces in Ray's and Michael's data. My point is that 10% feels like a big difference.

I'll keep looking for the piece of paper. I wish someone could measure a Patricola Rosewood clarinet. I've heard of people playing them precisely because they are light. Also, the Greenline feels quite heavy to me.

Wayne Thompson

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