Klarinet Archive - Posting 000192.txt from 1994/10

From: Douglas Sears <dsears@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: pitches
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 18:25:41 -0400

On Tue, 18 Oct 1994, Cary Karp wrote:

> It is extremely likely that the pitch of a wooden clarinet will rise over
> a period of 200 years. There are several mechanisms which account for
> this but few are likely to be species dependent to any great extent.

I'd be interested in hearing what the mechanisms are, and how much of
a rise you're talking about.

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