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 Re: Do clarinets improve with time?
Author: Gordon (NZ) 
Date:   2004-06-04 04:07

"...All other things being equal (ie workmanship etc.) then the material the clarinet is made from should be irrevelant..."

Kalakos, that is almost certain to be true. It so happens that the other parameters are seldom equal.

Grenadilla timber is used primarily because of its dimensional stability, because it can be accurately machined, because its surface can be made smooth and relatively kind to pads, because the wear on machining tools is not excessive, because the dust created during manufacture is relatively non-toxic, and because it is hard enough that the mechanism can be securely mounted - all engineering considerations. I guess players without engineering nous began imagining all sorts of other reasons, and said them enough times to for them eventually to be believed.

That may not be entirely true, but it must be fairly close. :-)
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