Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 1997/01

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: How much opinion vs. how much fact
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:33:06 -0500

Benade is correct. He wrote the "Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics" book.
He produced no ligatures.
Publisher is Dover

ISBN 0-486-26484-X

At 01:01 AM 1/22/97 EST, Nathaniel F Johnson wrote:
>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
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College