Author: seabreeze
Date: 2019-03-13 02:28
Might not a well-insulated clarinet case with humidity and temperature control of the kind sold by Mike Lomax, for instance, be of some value in protecting boxwood instruments from warping? Some players will be even more motivated to know about the tonal presence and "projection" of boxwood clarinets versus grenadilla and mopane. In recorders, the general rule seems to be that the grenadilla and other hardwood varieties have more of a cutting sound that carries in a hall better than the softer, somewhat "cooing" sound of boxwood. Would that be true as well for clarinets? One hears frequently from working clarinetists in orchestras, including opera orchestra players and other who play from a pit that they have had to sell a top grade expensive clarinet because the sound just doesn't carry the way they had hoped it would in that acoustical setting. Buffet RC and Divine clarinets for instance are said not to carry as well as Buffet R13 Prestige and Tosca designs, and Cocobolo instruments in general don't seem to have the same acoustical presence as grenadilla wood clarinets.
Post Edited (2019-03-13 03:22)
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