Klarinet Archive - Posting 000308.txt from 1994/11

From: Laura R Bornhoeft <lbornhoe@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: national schools
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 22:13:47 -0500

On Thu, 17 Nov 1994, Dick Williams wrote:

> Because transients can influence the perceived tonal color (even with a
> legato attack), attack cannot be completely separated from tonal color.
> I seem to remember an experiment (cited I believe in Taylor), in which
> a tape of a clarinet was altered by deleting the attack and release.
> Most listeners could not even identify the instrument! I have wondered
> if the transients were what made it so hard to simulate clarinet. And
> then we have the piano; without the transients, what is there?

I'd love to find out more about this experiment, but "Taylor" doesn't
ring a bell (or vibrate a reed?).
Can anyone provide a more definite reference, such as first name,
title, etc.?

Laura Bornhoeft
lbornhoe@-----.edu