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Re: Giving a clarinet a new lease of life by changing the upper joint

Author: ruben
Date: 2019-10-03 20:00

Dear Christian, You've made many excellent points. I agree that lining the top bore with ebonite would seem the best solution. The person I work with disagrees. He feels the pressure waves in the instrument have to directly bounce off the wood. Otherwise, according to him, all the different types of wood he uses-about 3 or 4-will sound the same; will lose their distinctive character. Boxwood is unique, but warps like hell. Maybe S and S have found a way of stabilizing it. I doubt it! There are a lot of 100-year-old Heckel bassoons around, but nobody wants an old French Buffet. German bassoons are lined, so they age better. French bassoons are not lined.

rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com

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