Okay … maybe that’s not what a “sustainable clarinet” is after all. And yeah, I know they can sustain notes. So never mind that.

Last December the first FSC-certified blackwood was harvested in Tanzania. Then Bridgland spoke to Hanson, the UK clarinet makers: “The light went on. There was immediate recognition and a level of understanding.” The first sustainable Hanson clarinet will be ready early next year. Meanwhile, oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel has become patron of the campaign. This time next year perhaps we’ll be listening to the first sustainably harvested chamber group.

I read it here.

And here’s the Sound & Fair link.