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Author: Snoink
Date: 2002-08-18 06:13
I was checking out this music store and I managed to get into this discussion with a worker there about grenadilla. He said grenadilla wood was now part of the USA endangered list and therefore it couldn't be shipped to the USA raw. So because of this wooden clarinets prices have been jacked up, or at least they've been raised in this particular store.
I was wondering if anybody else heard of this. I know that grenadilla is precious since there's not much of it, but has this really happened?
I don't know about you but rosewood is looking pretty good...
Snoink
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Author: msroboto
Date: 2002-08-18 13:43
I don't know if grenadilla is on the USA endangered list, but as far as I can tell the price of new wooden clarinets has pretty much remained stable of the last few years.
Check out ebay to see what prices new clarinets have gone for. Also, check out some of the mail-order houses.
You can still get a nickel plated R-13 for a bit less than $1500.00 most of the time.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-08-18 14:22
I checked the US Government site for endangered species (http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html) and did not see "grenadilla" in any of its guises.
Also, if it was a ban or if there was a high tax on the importation into the US of raw grenadilla wood then the price wouldn't (or shouldn't) budge for almost all clarinets - very few are made in the US.
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Author: Mike_M
Date: 2002-08-18 15:25
IMHO - It sounds like the guy at that music store doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Check out the African Blackwood Conservation Project. They're making a lot of progress in replenishing the Mpingo tree population.
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2002-08-18 17:08
Sounds to me (a real cynic) like this information may have preceeded the old "if you don't buy this now....." pitch.
Bob A
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2002-08-18 23:26
Here is another site that may shed some light
<www.blackwoodconservation.org>
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Author: nahya^^
Date: 2002-08-19 23:08
lol @ Bob A.
i'm a pretty cynical person but didn't think of that until you said it. lol.
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