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Re: Backun Alpha

Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2023-04-29 23:19

Hi all,

The reason I did some searching on "wooden tones" was to verify if bmcgar was correct and if so, I shouldn't have found it anywhere.

I first used the BB search function. When I ran into the thread wherein Andy Firth mentioned "wooden tone", I sensed that it indeed did exist and I would look upon Andy Firth as a good source of reliable information.

Around 40+ years ago, I remember playing a regular Brilhart mpc on a plastic clarinet. It actually had a "wooden tone" to my ears. The tonal quality was definitely not pure and I believe it was due to the material of the mpc. I just did another search on Brilhart mpcs and all they mention is the Ebolin which is made of "injection molded plastic". Perhaps that means "acrylic", I don't know. If it is acrylic, I think they simply would have said so. I simply believe it's another kind of plastic.

So, what does a "wooden tone" sound like? I equate that to trying to describe to you what "chocolate" tastes like. When you taste it...then you'll know and when you hear a "wooden tone", you'll know and, kdk, the tone was definitely not dead. To my ears, it was the mixture of mpc harmonics that produced a sound quality that I could only describe as "woody".

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