Author: Shorthand
Date: 2005-11-05 18:27
Its probably just a veneer, so its pretty wood-efficient. In addition, I'm actually looking forward to the days when raw materials issues force clarinets to all be made of synthetic (or greenline-like) materials.
AFAIK David S. is really happy to have found one of the few pro-level plastic bodied instruments in his Kohlert Bass. For personal use, I'd prefer a Bundy contra to a Selmer rosewood for the same reason. (Though the Selmer rosewood contras are incredibly beautiful instruments, especially on stage, but they do deserve silver keywork - has anyone had one replated sliver?)
Honestly, when is Buffet going to move the greenline materials into the larger instruments? I thought they formed it in billet presses and then machined it like normal wood - do they just not have large enough presses?
Finally, the most common vehicle owned by US millionaires is the Ford F150. In the US, the upper class drives boring cars that blend in for the most part (the show-offs are more upper middle class - same income range, but different values.) Truck owners are no more or less disciriminating or intelligent than sedan owners, they just have differnet needs. Finally, for a large, quiet luxury vehicle with a soft ride and lots of room, a truck is generally the cheapest way to go these days - they're much much cheaper to build than cars these days.
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