Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 1997/03

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: barrels
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 22:56:13 -0500

On 3/2/97 11:06 PM, Ed Lacy 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.

It's my somewhat unscientific understanding that, given barrels of equal
length, a smaller bore lowers the pitch and vice-versa because decreasing
the bore *increases* the effective length of the barrel (in relation to
the bore size).

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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