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RE: Unstained Grenadilla Wood

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2001-04-11 23:54

What you see is what you get with unstained grenadilla wood. Filling and then staining defects in grenadilla wood is one reason that some clarinet wood is stained. It is also more difficult to detect obvious defects in the grain of the wood if it is stained. Ususally a better quality of wood is used in the unstained grenadilla wood clarinets - which also commands a premium price. There are so many variables that is hard to say that the clarinets in unstained wood have a better sound, but the other quality features as well as better wood make the clarinet a pro grade horn. When new these clarinets are a rich chocolate brown color but this changes over time in most horns to a dark, dark brown which is pretty close to black - like the stained wood horns.
The Doctor

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