Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 1997/01

From: Nathaniel F Johnson <clarinat@-----.com>
Subj: Re: How much opinion vs. how much fact
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:07:57 -0500

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:47:22 -0500 Jonathan Cohler <cohler@-----.NET>
writes:

>In his book, "Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics", Benade shows an
>important
>graph comparing the cutoff frequencies of five different instruments:
>an
>Albert System, Albert Bb, a Boehm System Buffet Bb, a Boehm System
>Buffet
>A, a Mueller System Bilton C (1830), and an Oehler System Uebel Bb.

I have never heard of Benade. (I assume that you're not speaking of
Bonade, as in Bonade ligatures, and misspelling his name.) Can you tell
me briefly who he is? The book sounds fascinating. Who publishes it and
where is it available?

TIA

Nathaniel Johnson
Conductor / Clarinettist
All-Around Good Guy
University of Northern Colorado