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Re: Buescher 730 metal clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-10-07 00:18

Surely the density of the material used to make the body from has an effect on the resonance of the overall instrument. This is something that has to be investigated and seems to be overlooked.

I definitely feel my plastic Yamaha YCL-24 doesn't have the same degree of resonance when pushed compared to a Selmer Series 9* when they both are very similar in their construction. Maybe wood has more of a dampening effect on certain overtones and reinforces others as does metal. I don't know, but someone ought to know the answer.

Howarth made their clarinets in blackwood, kingwood, cocobolo and also PVC and possibly delrin, but some people were put off the plastic ones for the simple fact they were plastic even though they cost more for Howarth to make compared to their wooden counterparts. Likewise they made oboes and cors anglais in the same timbers and also in delrin and PVC, but the all plastic cors were more brash and blary in tone compared to the wooden ones or those with a plastic top joint.

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

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