Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 1997/03

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: barrels
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 18:06:23 -0500

On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, James Pyne wrote:

> increasing the bore size raises the pitch while decreasing the bore
> size lowers the pitch.

Is it possible that this is a typo, or that the two items were
unintentionally transposed?

If not, and if the above is true, it certainly is a revolutionary musical
phenomenon. In every other case I know of, increasing the bore size
_lowers_ the pitch, and vice-versa. For example, opening a bassoon or
oboe reed increases the bore size and lowers the pitch. Loosening the
embouchure on saxophone or clarinet allows the reed to open more, thereby
creating a larger interior volume (among other effects) and lowers the
pitch.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu