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Re: pan-american clarinet information

Author: kal
Date: 2005-07-31 04:22

This is the first time I've ever heard the brown PanAms accused of being plastic.

If there were, in fact, Pan Ams made of "laminate -- i.e., plastic -- over a black plastic interior", then they are the exception, not the rule. I've gotten up close and personal with several of these instruments. They are made of wood laminate, were dubbed "violin-finished" and are in fact quite beautiful. The story that the wood came from war plane propellers is indeed just a story (probably dreamed up by Conn), but they are made of wood. Just not one chunk of wood. I wouldn't call them particularly low-quality, either. They were prone to cracking (different sources will give different explanations: bad wood, bad glue, bad process, whathaveyou) but were otherwise pretty decent student grade instruments.

Here's a pretty picture:
http://www.uark.edu/ua/nc/NCCollectionPage/Page/ConnPanAmerican.htm.

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