Klarinet Archive - Posting 000109.txt from 1997/08

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Float Test and cologne/Koln
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:50:15 -0400

Diane Karius, Ph.D. wrote:
>
> Mark Charette wrote:
> >
> > Even this (referring to the removal of 50 micron slices from the
> inside of the
> unidentified clarinet...) may cause a subtle brightening of the sound.
> May I
> > suggest...
>
> To paraphrase an individual who I believe is still galavanting around
> Europe even as we "speak": Please define in precise acoustical
> terms what alterations in the tone quality you are referring to when
> you use the "bright". Although this term has a clear meaning in
> reference to luminescence it is meaningless in the context of
> acoustics...

It is intuitively obvious to the casual observer that of the 216
references within the Klarinet archives containing the words "bright"
and "sound", Johnathan Cohler's assertion[1]

>Therefore, I'll say it again, lest there be confusion over this
>matter. It is an objectively verifiable, consistent, and
>well-defined and uniformly agreed upon statement to say:
>
> Clarinet A is darker than Clarinet B
>
>There is no ambiguity there (to any significant degree).

is correct. So there.

[1] Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:49:32 -0500, Subject: Rough, smooth, dark,
bright. Only missing a slight bit of context.
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