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Author: Tony F
Date: 2018-02-20 02:12
One of the advantages that ebonite, or hard rubber, has over wood is that it can be machined with greater accuracy and it is more stable with regard to temperature and humidity. They will not crack.
In their day Boosey and Hawkes made all their professional and intermediate level instruments in both wood and hard rubber and they could be bought in either, the hard rubber instruments coming with nickel plated keywork and at a slightly higher price than the wood instruments.
Hard rubber instruments were widely used in military bands, which might be required to serve anywhere from arctic conditions to the extreme tropics. I have examples of the B & H Emperor and 926 Imperial in both wood and ebonite and I personally prefer the sound of the ebonite instruments.
One of the disadvantages of ebonite instruments is their tendency to discolour with age, but there are effective methods of correcting this. My Imperial was a delicate shade of olive green when I bought it for $30, but it is now the correct shiny satin black.
Tony F.
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