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Re: Greenline Sound Difference?

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-06-09 13:11

Classical wood flutes (and piccolos) had to tune to many pitches. They universally had a thin metal sleeve running the full length of the headjoint to permit tuning without changing the bore and also to prevent wood rot. The sleeve had a wood tube around it, for appearance's sake. Approximately 100% of these sleeves crack due to wood shrinkage. It doesn't affect the playing qualities, and restorers universally fill the cracks and stain the filler.

Almost all clarinets with an articulated C#/G# have a metal-lined socket at the top of the lower joint. The tenon and socket are longer than on the standard design, so any side-force creates a longer lever that is more likely to break the wood. Also, the chimney must go through both the upper joint tenon and the lower joint shell, creating thin areas of wood that inevitably crack.

Selmer clarinets have, or used to have, a metal cap at the top of the upper joint tenon. Selmer touted it as a way to keep water out of the end-grain. I've never noticed that it made any difference in playing qualities.

Ken Shaw

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