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Re: Ebony Vs. Grenadilla...

Author: Alseg
Date: 2011-11-12 15:46

First of all, let's clear up a common misconception:

The "Grenadilla" used to make clarinets is actually African Blackwood.
If you went to a woodworkers' store, the grenadilla that you would obtain is lighter in color and less dense than "m'pingo" (African Blackwood).
Nonetheless, we persist in refering to clarinet material as grenadilla, so we are stuck with the nomenclature.

Ebony is more like m'pingo, but it is very dense and a more difficult material with which to work. It blunts turning tools more readily than does mpingo.

Hope that this answered your question.

Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
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