Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Pitch - Paper Towel Roll
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 09:11:37 -0500

Actually the paper towel cardboard roll is a lot bigger then the bore. I
can fit the lower joint into it up to the Ab/Eb (A bee, E bee ;) keys
included. It has to do with the length of the roll, if it were to be cut my
guess is that the pitch may go down. Now the roll came from a standard
fitted roll holder, so I won't say I have a "particularly big roll".

At 09:56 PM 3/2/97 -0600, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, David C. Blumberg wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
>Yes, that would be because the bore of the cardboard roll is smaller than
>the normal bore of the bell, wouldn't it?
>
>Ed Lacy
>el2@-----.edu
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com