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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-04-10 14:55
For those who complain about the weight of a Selmer Recital.
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-04-10 15:34
Considering marble is a sedimentary rock, will it be as brittle as Greenline?
And with the coolness of such a material, how long will it take for it to warm up to get it playing up to pitch?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: ClaV
Date: 2015-04-10 21:02
Marble is about the least suitable material to make clarinets by its combination of density, strength, brittleness, machinability, etc
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2015-04-12 20:40
There would be no debate about whether or not you should oil the bore.
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2015-04-12 22:34
Let's SUPPOSE these were available in quantity, and acoustically designed very nicely and uniquely such that there were high end respected players who refused to play anything else. And teachers who demanded their students play them, etc- you've all familiar with such.
THEN, without any question, some would swear the playing and tone qualities were derived from the properties of the marble, and that nothing else would be as good. And in fact, certain marble from certain deposits was the best and they could hear the difference in the sound. You know who you are.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2015-04-12 22:35)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-04-12 23:33
There was a Japanese company making ceramic stringed instruments and they made a ceramic oboe. The got good reviews, but I haven't heard a thing since.
At least with marble, it won't need to be fired in a kiln to turn the clay into the stable (but brittle) porcelain-like finished joints which means the joints will shrink through water loss as marble had already been through that over a much longer period of time going back millennia.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-04-13 06:52
Marble, being metamorphic limestone, has limestone's extreme vulnerability to even mild acid. If you tend to dissolve your key plating, you would erode a marble clarinet in within a year. That's why marble tombstones in urban cemeteries are worn (dissolved) blank.
What you want is granite or slate. A granite clarinet would be gorgeous, and a slate one would be black as midnight.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Brent
Date: 2015-04-17 19:35
I can't believe no one has said what a marble-ous idea they think this is...
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2015-04-25 02:17
http://glassorchestra.com/index.html
Thought you'd appreciate this
David Dow
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2015-04-25 02:22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cfS7qSMvyc
glass violin..it is expensive..sound is very glassy
David Dow
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