Klarinet Archive - Posting 000957.txt from 1997/04

From: Lee Cooper <ccooper@-----.us>
Subj: Re: ligature questions
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 21:57:26 -0400

>Surely the butt-end of the reed shouldn't be vibrating? This would have no
>relevance to producing the sound. One would expect the useful vibrations
>to be reflected at the end of the scrape, i.e., the *top* of the thick
>bit.
>Roger Shilcock

I've always been of the impression that although the butt end of the reed
isn't physically vibrating, that the wood fibers in the butt end of the
reed must be free to vibrate. Surely you can't expect the top half of the
reed to vibrate and not have some displacement of the fibers through the
butt.

Lee Cooper

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