Klarinet Archive - Posting 000230.txt from 1996/08

From: "Robert J. Resnik" <rjresnik@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: instrument weight
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 07:15:35 -0400

On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Mark Charette wrote:

> Thnaks, Bill. Considering that there is some opinion that the material
> the clarinet is made out of has little or no effect on the tone, why
> such a difference in weight? My middle son plays trumpet, and his "good" trump
et
> weighs more, but that is due mostly to additional bracing and a
> thumb trigger for the front slide.

I think that regardless of the material used to make an instrument that
the "density" of the material certainly has some kind of effect on the
tone produced. If you were able, for instance, to make three "identical"
clarinets, with identical mouthpieces, reeds, ligs, etc. (as you can tell,
we are already in an imaginary state!) and made one out of ebonite, one
out of hard rubber, and one out of PVC (I am leaving wood out of this for
the sake of argument...its easier for me to imagine exact dimensions and
thicknesses with non-porous plastic and rubber) I would be willing to bet
that you would find, if for no other reason than the way the body vibrates
with the sound, that you would find a difference in tone in each
instrument.

No proof....just a guess!

Robert

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