Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Pitch - Paper Towel Roll
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 20:59:32 -0500

Did you ever try to put a paper towel roll (empty of course) in the bell
and play low E. The note goes up to an F!

At 04:01 PM 3/2/97 -0800, Douglas Sears wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
>
>...
>> In every other case I know of, increasing the bore size
>> _lowers_ the pitch, and vice-versa.
>
>Here's an easy experiment: try putting a rod (the size of a
>drum stick, say) up your clarinet from the bottom, and see
>what happens to the pitch. This will effectively decrease
>the bore size in the part of the bore where the rod is.
>
> --Doug
>
>--------------------------
>Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com

   
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