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Re: Grenadilla question

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2009-10-04 22:07

Wood moves - as Bob Phillips said.

This means it changes (settles) between the time it is tweaked for pitch at the factory and time you get a chance to play it.

I have found the Greenline clarinets to be much more consistant in pitch (such as Buffet is) from one to another than their "all wooden" brothers.

There is (despite everyone's scientific protestations) a tendency for the sound of the Greenlines to be just a little less lively (less ring - fewer overtones...?). But this is only really apparent side by side. I don't think anyone would really catch a Greenline in concert as lacking.

There maybe something to the idea that all resin is possible. But the fact that the Greenline works so well and sounds so close makes me believe we have a winner as a substitute once the Mpingo goes the way of the Dodo.

...........Paul Aviles

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