Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 1996/10

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: CO2 influencing pitch
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:28:59 -0400

Scott wrote:
>
>Actually, I just looked up the sound velocities for air and CO2 in the CRC
>Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: the speed of sound IS different for the
>two (air: 331.45 m/s; CO2: 259 m/s). Now the question: wouldn't this just
>affect how QUICKLY the sound reached you and NOT the pitch?
>
>-Scott

Yes, you're right but lets not confuse the issue. Are we talking about the
surrounding air or the air within the "resonant vibrator?" (see my previous
posting regarding Moravcsik)

Steve.

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu

   
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