Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-06-01 21:18
Some good points.
However, I am afraid that in the realm of a well made instrument requiring lots of skilled man hours.......fine tuning so that 12ths work and such.......the cost is in the skilled labor NOT the material. I would be willing to spend $10,000 on a beautifully made, well in tune plastic clarinet, but it sounds like that is not what you have in mind.
The "brave new future" may be our savior on this score. 3D printing not only allows for NEW and more complex internal dimensions and shapes, it is replicable to the Nth degree. Once we have an amazing set of dimensions that represents "perfection" and a process to finish (there is always going to be finishing I'm afraid) that is also cost effective, we will be able to crank out perfect clarinets with incredible efficiency both of cost and acoustic excellence.
By the way, the United States military had designated Greenline instruments as plastic for decades. They buy them to provide instruments to service members to use in extreme cold, extreme heat and in wet weather conditions. I'll quote from the movie "Contact" regarding government spending, "Why buy one when you can buy two for twice the price?"
..............Paul Aviles
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