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Re: We all know it...

Author: kilo
Date: 2014-03-17 15:13

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The horn in question is not green colored so why use the term green in the name if not to capitalize on the environmental issue. Using the blackwood scrap is certainly a commendable move but combining it with epoxy rather than using it as filler in ABS doesn't make sense for a multitude of reasons.

Well, you're right — they were and are trying to market the product as more "environmentally friendly" and the use of petrochemical-derived resins would weaken any claim that this is truly a "natural" product. But they don't make that claim. The only "green" thing about the instruments, if "green" is understood as a conscious effort to reflect environmental concern, is that using the scraps and sawdust from the milling process to create more instruments saves the few blackwood trees that might have otherwise been harvested to make those instruments. As far as the oil pumped put of the ground to make the epoxy, well, yes — not particularly "green". But I don't imagine that hide glue, gum arabic, or pine pitch would have worked that well. I'd really like to see some development of alternative materials for clarinets but I'm sure there are environmental drawbacks to nearly any modern industrial process.

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