Author: donald
Date: 2010-08-13 20:25
I suggested this (a barrel i mean) to Brad Behn about 4 years ago now and he wasn't interested. I think a hard rubber barrel is a good idea and look forward to trying these out.
There are obviously difficulties (that can be overcome) involved with making a hard rubber clarinet, but the main thing would seem to be that the material does not have the cosmetic endurance that other materials offers. Incidentally, a student of mine has been playing on a Chinese made rubber clarinet for two years. Despite a few (and surprisingly few) maintenance problems the instrument has a good tone and intonation. The material is now, unfortunately, suddenly deteriorating (there has been a gradual cosmetic deterioration, but now we see a structural weakening). As an example, the thumb rest has come out, but it's not just that the screw threads have gone, the screws came out of the instrument pulling away big chunks of the rubber????? Obviously a poor compound was used for this instrument.
dn
Post Edited (2010-08-13 22:34)
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