Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-12-06 21:20
Rossi makes 1-piece clarinets, which makes it possible to place the C#/G# key in the acoustically proper position. The instruments of course have separate barrels and bells.
I've seen a few older Buffets and other clarinets (circa 1900) with the upper joint extended upward and no barrel. At that time, Buffet also offered single-piece bodies, though they're not common, probably because it's not easy to find long, flawless pieces of wood. Also, a crack would ruin the entire instrument.
Friedrich von Huene told me that cocus wood was used extensively in the 19th Century for flutes. However, grenadilla is harder, warps less and machines better, and it doesn't produce the severe lung irritation of cocus. Kal Opperman made me a cocus barrel, which plays beautifully, but he swore off using it because of the irritation.
Ken Shaw
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