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Author: musichick
Date: 2003-06-26 13:00
Ok, im not going to buy metal. But does anyone have any opinion on the different types of plastic/ woods? Is resin (spelling??) any good? Thats now what i'm leaning towards. However, I've gotten the impression that grendella wood is best, is that true?
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-06-26 13:22
As far as the sound is concerned, it doesn't really matter what your instrument is made of. What matters is the amount of care and attention given to the instrument while they are making it. The best way to judge this is the price. If the instrument is expensive, it will generally be good, whether it is made from grenadilla or resin.
One problem with resin, though is that it is heavy, making it hard to hold.
If you are buying a second-hand instrument and have no idea what the original price was, you should go entirely by how well the instrument plays.
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Author: Steven King
Date: 2003-06-26 22:56
Resin is the same thing as plastic. Resin piccolos are used mainly in both band/orchestra and marching band. they are for ppl that can't afford to buy a seprate piccolo for band/orchestra and marching band. Though yes granadilla wood is the best bet. expecialy for orchestra and band.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2003-06-27 12:44
Material is irrelevant. It just happens that plastics/resins/metal etc have not been accepted by the pro community so they are largely relegated to beginner instruments. However, the Buffet Greenline series is gaining acceptance. And I've read that since oboes tend to suffer more seriously from cracking than clarinets, that plastic is making some headway in the pro ranks there too.
The real difference between student and pro instruments is the overall quality of design and construction. In addition student instruments are designed to be easy to blow while pro instruments are designed for best tone quality and intonation. The different design approaches lead to different results.
Finally back before plastics were used for student instruments, student horns were made of wood. Many of these wooden horns were bad.
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