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possible way to avoid cracks in Clarinets

Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2014-08-17 23:57

Now in a past life I played the Bagpipes
When Pipers practice they use a 2 piece Instrument called a Practice Chanter or PC
Wood PC's like Clarinets often crack and 99% of the time its the top piece kind of like the LH section of the Clarinet
Now you can use a Plastic PC made of Polypenco or Delrin which is turned on a lathe and avoid the cracking
But the Plastic PC's don't sound near as nice as the Wood
Hmm... what to do?
Well Pipe Makers started selling PC's with Delrin tops.... ( again wood top sections on PCs always cracked)
That said they would leave the bottom piece as wood
This worked very well because a plastic top PC with a wooden bottom sounded every bit as nice as an all wood PC, and better than a Plastic PC
Now could this not be done with Clarinets, or maybe it is or has been done with a LH Plastic section and a wood RH section..... and then maybe it would sound as good as an all wood Clarinets, but at the same time minimizing cracking
Just a thought

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