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Re: Intermediate resin oboe s40c or 330?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-07-09 14:19

Bundy plastic bassoons were injection moulded as opposed to extruded due to the complex shapes and incorporating the weight saving hollows - they were first made from heavy and dense (but brittle) bakelite and later ABS resin which is much lighter.

Injection moulding is filling a mould with molten plastic as opposed to extrusion (which is similar to making pasta) which is forcing molten plastic through a specifically shaped die to form the final shape both inside and out. Bundy bass clarinet bodies are formed by extrusion to make the cylindrical form, then toneholes, tenons and other things are machined into them.

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Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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