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Re: Console Clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-06-10 23:47

... or what smell it makes.

I've only ever seen Albert/simple systems in wood or ebonite (and also metal) - never in plastics such as Bakelite or ABS. The regular pitting seen on the bell is more typical of grenadilla than any other substance.

It's too wood to be true!

Maybe a photo taken in brighter light will reveal the grain much better (although it can just be seen on the right side).

Wood has vessels in it so water and nutrients can travel from the roots right up to the highest branches by capillary action. These vessels show up on finished instruments by indented lines and dots on the surface as they've been cut through exposing them along part of their length or straight across the ends. Sometimes large vessels are evident and wood with these open pores often gets mistakenly called 'open grain'.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2010-06-10 23:54)

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