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Re: Is it possible to keep boxwood from warping?

Author: Clarimellonet
Date: 2019-03-12 18:26

I do sometimes use beeswax, though usually not on boxwood. When I make grenadilla mouthpieces to ship with my instruments, the last step is usually sealing the pores with beeswax, typically the endgrain of the tenon, and occasionally the table and facing. I suppose one could do the same as a "last" step after the bore had been finalized (applying both outside and inside would be essential) and the excess could be polished off, but I haven't personally tried it.

I would say the sound produced by boxwood depends very much on the type of instrument being built. I haven't personally played on a boxwood modern Boehm clarinet, but just in comparing some boxwood 19th century instruments to grenadilla clarinets by the same maker, I would say the tone is more easily shaped, more colorful, sweeter, and perhaps slightly brighter in the altissimo, though this of course depends on the player and mouthpiece and reed combination.

Thomas Carroll
Historical Clarinets and Chalumeaux
http://carrollclarinet.com
lotzofgrenser@gmail.com

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