Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 1994/12

From: Jay Heiser <pp001887@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: 'Clarinet acoustics' by Gibson
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 22:35:40 -0500

>From the description, it looks like this book would answer some of the
questions we had about 6 months ago as to 'where the sound comes from'
(like, why does it work to put a mike on the barrel or the reed)

Somebody should track this book down & do a book report for the list.

>
>I just had a look at the Library of Congress's entries on Clarinet.
>
>I found a (to me as physicist and clarinetist) very interesting entry:
>
>Type of Material: Book
>LC Call Number: ML946 .G5 1994
>Author: Gibson, O. Lee (Oscar Lee)
>Title: Clarinet acoustics / O. Lee Gibson.
>Publication Info: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994.
>Phys. Description: vii, 84 p. ; 22 cm.
>Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78) and index.
>Subjects: Clarinet--Construction.
>Subjects: Music--Acoustics and physics.
>LC Card Number: 94000075 /MN
>ISBN: 0-253-32576-5 (alk. paper)
>
>Does anyone know this book? Is it well written? Does it provide any
information
> for the
>playing clarintetist as well (not only the constructor)?
>
>- Moritz
>---
>Moritz Willers
>Institute of Theoretical Physics
>Sidlerstrasse 5
>3012 Bern, Switzerland
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