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Author: Keil
Date: 2000-03-31 00:59
I've seen on the cover and within some clarinet magazines pictures of an all wood clarinet that looks much like the Rossi clarinet, no metal anywere except for keys. The mp is metal the tenon rings are metal and so forth, what makes these different from others? i've also seen some where the keys are wood so...
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Author: Eoin
Date: 2000-03-31 06:13
Mouthpiece is normally hardened rubber. The ligature can be metal, but can also be leather and some people use string. The Buffet Elite is designed so that it looks like it has no body rings. Since the body rings are essential to prevent the clarinet from cracking, Buffet use some sort of carbon fibre material which is black and not noticeable against the dark wood. I don't think you could make keys out of wood in the Boehm system, as there is great torsion on many of metal parts: no wood would be strong enough. Perhaps in a simple system clarinet such as the Albert, it might be possible to have the keys made out of wood. The Lyons C clarinet uses plastic for the keys. This clarinet is intended for young students, so weight and robustness are very important design factors. Lyons himself says that this clarinet will survive being thrown up into the air and then dropped better than your average metal keyed instrument.
Why the question? Are you planning on smuggling your clarinet through the security arch at an airport? :-)
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Author: Keil
Date: 2000-03-31 21:08
correction, the brand that i meant to refer to is the Howarth Clarinet
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