Klarinet Archive - Posting 000722.txt from 1997/03

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.EDU>
Subj: old reeds
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:20:42 -0500

So having gone on ad nauseum about saliva etc... What's the role of
mechanical stresses in killing reeds?
Given that pressure = force/area and that the contact area of the
lip with the reed amounts to a very small area, I could imagine
that the pressures applied to that reed are pretty hefty. Has anyone
ever measured those (should I apologize in advance to the poor
graduate student that gets stuck with it :-))? How much is that contributing?
Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
2105 Independence Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64124
email: dikarius@-----.EDU

   
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