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Re: Do Buffet recycle old clarinets into Greenline yet?

Author: TomS
Date: 2020-01-28 10:47

I doubt that Buffet uses the sawdust from clarinet bodies after they have been core drilled and soaked in oil. Don't think the grenadilla particles would adhere together well, even after combining with resin and carbon fibers (or is it polycarbonate?). I'll bet they use the scraps from the initial turning down of the raw block of wood and any other waste before the oil soak.

IMHO, Buffet made the greenline material so they could sell composite clarinets and make people feel better in that they were getting a (kinda-sorta) wooden instrument. Real solid wood is steak. Greenline is meatloaf. But, I like good meatloaf as much as steak ... (until I went Vegan). Buffet could have made the clarinets out of hard rubber or plastic (if people could overcome their "wood bias") and the clarinets would be more stable, lighter and cheaper. My plastic Alpha and rubber Libertas have wonderful sounds ... warmer and smoother.

The greenline material has to be manufactured and it is harder and wears out Buffet's tooling faster. So it seems that the all wood instruments might be actually cheaper to build?

Tom

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