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Re: Bake-lite Clarinet ??????

Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-02 19:18

The moulding process can leave the surface as shiny as glass. Just because it's shiny doesn't mean it can't be made from bakelite. The surface can deteriorate on all plastics from a bright shine to being dull, depending on how well it has been looked after, or due to the effects of UV and cleaning agents.

As companies stipulate that they 'reserve the right to alter specifications', such companies that have used the term 'Resonite' on their plastic-bodied instruments also reserve the right to change the type of plastic they use for clarinet bodies for what ever reason.

Where they may have once used a high density but brittle plastic (phenol resin/bakelite) for their instruments, they may have found newer resins (such as ABS) offer better moulding properties, are more durable and more cost effective to use.

The older Yamaha YPC-31 piccolos were also moulded from phenol resin, though they too later changed to ABS. However, the standard Yamaha mouthpieces for clarinets and saxes (eg. Yamaha 4C) are still moulded from phenol resin.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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