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RE: Conn "Propeller" Clar. info pls

Author: Dee
Date: 2000-01-29 04:06

jim lande@ erols.com wrote:
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I bought one on ebay, but it turns out not to be the
plywood model, but rather is solid wood. Someone on
this list called it the violin finish stained birch. At least two of the recent postings were this model, rather
than the propeller.

there is an artical somewhere on sneezy. Key points: the
first propeller models were guaranteed not to crack and
then every single one cracked. The later models were much improved and much shunned.

I don't know if it is student quality or a step up, but
it definately is not two steps up. I have not restored
it and will probably post mine on ebay.

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I thought I had read somewhere that the "propeller wood" model was something different than the laminated wood ones. The information that I have seen on the latter indicates that the lamination process had a flaw in it and a large percentage of these "delaminated" so it looked like a crack.

The laminated ones end up having the appearance of a spectacular grain pattern as a result of the changing angles of cutting across the laminations in the bell for example.

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